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No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world’s fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird’s performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War. The interesting video in this post …

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team has released a rare in-cockpit video of the stealth jet performing precision aerial maneuvers and tearing through the skies. Video of inside the F-22’s cockpit has been highly restricted since the F-22A took its first flight over 20 years ago. You can find …

In 1981  North Korea the communist regime of  Kim il sung started flexing its military muscles with the aim to invade South Korea. Fearing an invasion on democratic South Korea by North Korea the U.S and its allies desperately need intelligence about missile sites, Anti-aircraft missile, the order of battle and …

The declassified documents from the British National Archives show that former US President Ronald Reagan had offered British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher a chance for both countries to work on the F-117 stealth fighter programme back in 1986. The later version offered to the Royal Air Force in 1995 was …

We don’t know exactly the story behind these kill marks and although the A-10 is really a badass machine it would be difficult for the world famous Hog scoring kills against F-16 and F-22 fighters. Believe it or not here is an interesting image shows an A-10 Warthog featuring what …

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. The following account of one mission during the Yom Kippur War is told by SR-71 pilot Jim Wilson and it …

The Northrop B-2 Spirit is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defences The B-2 is the only bomber in the U.S. inventory able to penetrate enemy territory to drop nuclear bombs, and still survive. Only 21 were produced, and all 20 …

A Russian national is currently being held in Weber County, Utah court for conspiring against the United States by buying F-16 manuals on eBay. Man is being arrested and charged with smuggling and violating the Arms Export Control Act”. The man insists he needed these and other files, like those …

The keeping of aviation records goes back to October 1905 when representatives from eight countries, including the U.S., met in Paris to form the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, or FAI. The FAI later became the world governing body for official aircraft—and later, spacecraft—records and to supervise sport aviation competitions. The National …

In 2016, Just two years after the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet made its combat debut in the skies above Syria The stealth fighter jet maintainers tackled a strange issue with the fleet’s stealth coating that, if left untreated, could cause the radar-evading material to peel off …