Two U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles aircraft supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, carried out an airstrike on Lafarge Cement Factory, to destroy an ammunition cache and prevent it from being seized by Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army, or TFSA, that along with the Turkish forces continue to move south with the …
Read More »That Time F-4 Phantom II Saved An SR-71 Blackbird From A Meteor Attack
F-4J Phantom II based at then NAS Point Mugu with a USAF SR-71A Blackbird in 1972. (Credits: NBVC) Ed Cobleigh a fighter pilot with the US Air Force, US Navy, Royal Air Force, Imperial Iranian Air Force, and the French Air Force. He also served as an Air Intelligence Officer …
Read More »U.S. Air Force To Equip New B-21 Stealth Bomber With Air To Air Missiles
The U.S. Air Force’s new Next-Generation Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider, will likely have air-to-air defense capabilities, just like modern fighter jets. In an op-ed for the Air Force Magazine, Pacific Air Forces Director of Air and Cyber Operations Maj. Gen Scott L. Pleus confirmed that next-generation bomber will have new …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Unveiled New Next-Generation Combat Rescue Helicopter
The U.S. Air Force publicly unveiled its next-generation HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) during a ceremony at its Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. The new helicopter is manufactured by Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin, and is designed to replace Air Force’s aging fleet of HH-60G Pave …
Read More »U.S. Air Force’s New Stealth Combat Drone Damaged During Third Test Flight
U.S. Air Force’s new XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned combat aerial vehicle has suffered damage after landing following the completion of its third flight test. The accident occurred on Oct. 9, 2019, after the XQ-58A had landed at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. “High surface winds and a malfunction of the vehicle’s …
Read More »How Pratt & Whitney J58 Engine Made The SR-71 Blackbird The Fastest Plane Ever
The Pratt & Whitney J58 was a jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft. This fascinating video in the post explains how the engine technology of SR-71 makes the blackbird the fastest plane ever. It’s been called “black magic”: an engine that …
Read More »A Day With The Only Female Thunderbird Pilot In The U.S. Air Force
There have been women in the United States Air Force since 1948, and women continue to serve in it today. In 1976 the WAF was ended and women were allowed into the Air Force as equal members In the last 26 years, we’ve had female fighter pilots in the Air …
Read More »Here’s Why USAF F-15 Pilots Loved RCAF CF-18’S Fake Canopy During Cold War
In our old article, we have shared with you the concept of False Canopy and addressed the question that Why A Fake Canopy Painted On Underside Of Fighter Jets? In this article, we will share with you An interesting account released by an experienced F-15c Eagle driver. Royal Canadian Air …
Read More »60 Years Ago Today First Aircraft Was Successful Shoot-Down Using Surface-To-Air Missile
In 1958, the Central Intelligence Agency started sponsoring a program known as Diamond Lil, in which Chinese Nationalist pilots were trained to fly Martin RB-57D Canberra high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. Six Black Cat Squadron Taiwanese pilots were trained on the B-57C at Laughlin AFB, Texas, arriving back in Taiwan, and two …
Read More »U.S. Air Force Developed A “Terminator-Like” Liquid Metal That Can Autonomously Changes Structure
The Air Force Research Laboratory developed Polymerized Liquid Metal Network rupturing to transform into a highly stretchable design that autonomously increases conductivity with strain. (Courtesy Image/Second Bay Studios.) According to a U.S. Air Force research laboratory report, U.S. Air Force scientists have developed a “Terminator-like” liquid metal that autonomously changes …
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