Venezuela U.S. releases images of Venezuelan fighter jet's "unsafe" approach to American Navy planeAxios - Rebecca Falconer The United States Southern Command criticized Russia as it released images Sunday of a Venezuelan fighter jet it said "aggressively shadowed" a U.S. …
Stealth Aircraft Unstealthed: This Is How Easily the F-22 Can Lose Its Radar-Absorbingnationalinterest.org Indeed this is not the first problem experienced by the F-22’s radar-absorbing coating: according to Southfront.org in 2009 US pilots complained that …
F-35 F-35 Dead: In 2017, America's Top Stealth Fighter Was 'Killed' in anationalinterest.org Because of the aircraft’s increased capability, exercise planners have increased the complexity of the scenarios for the “Blue Air” players. After …
Area 51 The Very Real Aircraft of Area 51Popular Mechanics - By Kyle MizokamiNever mind the UFOs, here are eight wonder planes that have called the secret base their home. An event on Facebook is making the news, calling for an army of social media users to crash the gates of legendary
Technology Largest hybrid electric plane set to take flightZDNet - Greg Nichols The quest to decarbonize air travel is looking a lot like the quest to decarbonize cars. Not long ago, hybrids were novelties on roads around the …
Military The Navy's 6th Generation Fighter Could Put the F-35 in a Museumnationalinterest.org New much-longer range sensors and weapons, incorporating emerging iterations of AI, are expected to make warfare more disaggregated, and much less of …
Play buttonMilitary History After 30 Years, the B-2 Bomber Is Still As Lethal As EverPopular Mechanics - By Kyle MizokamiThirty years ago this week, a truly remarkable airplane first took to the skies. The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, a tailless flying wing, wasn't just the U.S. military’s first operational flying wing, but
Tampa Bay, FL Air Force crews find potentially catastrophic crack on KC-135wtsp.com - Author: Courtney Robinson TAMPA, Fla. — The KC-135R Stratotanker is a staple for the Air Force and MacDill Air Force Base. Twenty-four are currently stationed at MacDill. …
Military History Here’s badass footage for the B-2 stealth bomber’s 30th birthdayamericanmilitarynews.com - Editorial Staff Thirty years ago, on July 17, 1989, the B-2 Spirit Bomber took its first flight. The world’s premier stealth bomber still proves itself one of the Air …
Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman's Optionally Manned Firebird Aircraft Has Its First Official CustomersThe Drive - By Tyler Rogoway Firebird has been flown aboard a 747 to the U.K. for the country's biggest air show and aerospace expo that kicks off this weekend. In a follow-up …
Military History Russia's MiG-29 Fulcrum: A Super Fighter or Super Failure?defensemaven.io - Warrior Maven Warrior Video Above: B-2 30th Anniversary - Inside a Stealth Bomber Attack The MiG-29 Fulcrum was the first Russian fourth-generation jet fighter, …
Military The Invisible Anniversary Of The B-2 BomberForbes - Dave DeptulaThis week we’ll mark the 50th anniversary of the first men landing on the moon, a magnificent achievement that we still marvel at half a century later. Wednesday marked another anniversary in the annals
Switzerland F-35s for Switzerland? Why Not?nationalinterest.org Switzerland is testing five different aircraft. Besides the F-35 and Typhoon, the candidates include Boeing's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault's …
F-35 An F-15C Combat Pilot’s Perspective on F-15 Versus F-35realcleardefense.com - Mark J. Arriola As a young 26-year-old fighter pilot, I had the glorious honor of flying F-15C’s during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. While stationed with …
Military History Whoops: A Russian MiG-31 Shot down One of Its Buddiesnationalinterest.org It has now emerged that the twin-engine fighter was brought down by another MiG-31 which fired an R-33 air-to-air missile mistakenly. A report …
Transportation Meet the Only SR-71C Ever Produced: A Cross Between a YF-12 and Halfnationalinterest.org The aircraft made its last flight on Apr. 11, 1976 and was removed from flying status on Jun. 24, 1976 with only 556.4 flight hours, not including …
Syria Russia Didn't Shoot Back When Israeli F-16s Blew up a Syrian Militarynationalinterest.org However, as has happened in over 200 other Israeli air strikes on targets in Syria, the defensive fire proved inadequate. The weapons struck three …
Israel Defense Forces New F-35 'Adir' fighter jets land in Israeljpost.com - JERUSALEM POST STAFF With close air-support capabilities and a massive array of sensors, pilots of the stealth jet have an unparalleled access to information while in the …
Play buttonAutos The Afghan Air Force Just Can't Quit The Hind GunshipThe Drive - By Joseph Trevithick The Afghan Air Force is still flying the iconic attack helicopters, despite the NATO-led coalition refusing to help support their continued operation. …
Military History The Air Force Is Retiring Its Last F-4 Phantomsnationalinterest.org Noteworthy the F-4 Phantom II, which flew for the first time in May 1958, originally was developed for U.S. Navy fleet defense and entered service in …
Military The Retired F-117A Nighthawk Is the DesertPopular Mechanics - By Kyle MizokamiRetired in 2008, the F-117A Nighthawk is doing who-knows-what in the California and Nevada deserts. The F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, the world’s first purpose-designed stealth aircraft, was recently
Military History B-2 Bomber 30-Year Anniversary Special: **Inside a B-2 Stealth Attack**defensemaven.io - Kris Osborn Warrior Video Above: Navy Destroyers to Incinerate Enemy Targets With New High-Powered Lasers by 2021 (Washington, D.C.) Slicing through the sky with …
Air Shows Thousands attend military aircraft exhibition, airshow at Eielson Air Force Basenewsminer.com - Staff Report At last, Fairbanks area residents got a close-up look at an F-35 fighter aircraft. Two of the new fighters were on display at Eielson Air Force Base’s …
F-35 Everyone Gets an F-35 as Pentagon Eyes New European Buyersnationalinterest.org Last year, Belgium was the first new customer for the F-35 in years, choosing it over the Eurofighter Typhoon to replace its ageing F-16s. According …
Mike Pence Two more F-35s land in Israel, bringing number in arsenal to 16timesofisrael.com - By Jacob Magid Two more F-35 fighter jets landed in Israel today, bringing the number of fifth-generation stealth aircraft that the military acknowledges having in …
Israeli Air Force Israel receives 2 new F-35 stealth jetsxinhuanet.com JERUSALEM, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Air Force received from the United States two new F-35 stealth fighter jets on Sunday, a military …
Artificial Intelligence A mind of its own: Russia unveils terrifying new AI 'superweapon'nzherald.co.nz - Jamie Siedel The race to incorporate artificial intelligence in modern weapons threatens to outstrip the technology's capabilities — and the world's ability to …
Israel Defense Forces Two more F-35 fighter jets land in Israel, bringing IAF’s declared total to 16timesofisrael.com - By Judah Ari Gross Two F-35 fighter jets landed in Israel Sunday, the army said, bringing the number of fifth-generation stealth aircraft that the military says it has …
F-35s vs. the World: Who Will Win Canada's Big Fighter Jet Deal?nationalinterest.org Two of the four companies competing to build new fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force in early July 2019 threatened to quit the …
