On Jun. 18, 2017 U.S. Naval Aviator Lt. Cmdr. Michael “M.O.B.” Tremel shot down a Syrian Sukhoi Su-22 shot down a Syrian Sukhoi Su-22 He was flying the F/A-18E ‘AJ302’ BuNo. 168914 (whose modex has apparently been changed from 304 to 302) when he downed the Fitter near Tabqah, 20 miles …
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Dave “Bio” Baranek spent twenty years in the United States Navy, with assignments to F-14 Tomcat squadrons and the elite Topgun training program being some highlights of his career. In 2010 Bio decided to make an outstanding gift to the aviation geeks worldwide when publishing his first book Topgun Days: …
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Many people ask these question that What’s the difference between the F/A 18 Hornet and the Super Hornet? Is there any way to be able to tell the difference externally? Performance comparison of the F/A-18 Hornet vs F/A-18 Super Hornet? Is there any way to be able to tell the …
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During Sea-Air-Space 2019, the largest maritime exposition in the U.S Boeing has unveiled the concept of future F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet fighter aircraft The F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet is the newest highly capable, affordable and available tactical aircraft in U.S. Navy inventory. The Super Hornet is the backbone …
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U.S. Navy sailors who were awaiting Vice President Mike Pence’s were told by the ship’s command master chief to “clap like we’re at a strip club” when the vice president arrived at the USS Harry S. Truman. United States Vice-President Mike Pence got a friendly welcome aboard the USS Harry …
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On the morning of Jan. 17, 1991 — the first night of Operation Desert Storm — the U.S. Navy suffered its first loss of the conflict, when Lt. Cmdr Scott Speicher was shot down in his McDonnell F/A-18C Hornet, bureau number 163484, around 100 miles west of Baghdad. Operation Desert Storm, popularly known as …
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The United States sent two Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait on Monday as the U.S. military increased the frequency of movement through the strategic waterway despite opposition from China. The voyage risks further raising tensions with China but will likely be viewed by self-ruled Taiwan as a sign of …
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The USS Nimitz UFO incident refers to a 2004 radar-visual encounter of an unidentified flying object by US fighter pilots of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. Sourced by a CBS affiliate investigative team based in Las Vegas, the report exposes numerous mysterious sightings of AAVs between 10–16 November 2004, which …
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After a months-long competition Boeing Win Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Competition: U.S. Navy awards Boeing with an $808M contract for four MQ-25A unmanned air vehicles On 30 August, Boeing has announced that company is awarded an $805,318,853 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract to provide the design, development, fabrication, test, verification, certification, delivery, …
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