The bird strike was the first-ever incident for the brand new Blue Angels aircraft, the F/A-18 Super Hornet. A US Navy Blue Angels F/A-18E Super Hornet flying at least 120…
A software program called Tactical Battle Manager employs intelligent agents to direct UAVs that operate as a “wingman” in manned and unmanned teams during simulated BVR air combat operations. Together…
The NASA YF-12 Blackbird research program was ambitious; the plane, unless it was grounded for extensive maintenance or modification, flew on average once every week The images in this post…
Assuming both ships are without escort what flattop would win in 1v1, the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier or the Admiral Kuznetsov? Aircraft carriers are the centerpiece of America’s Naval forces. In…
An ejection seat is an emergency, last-ditch, all-else-has-failed alternative to death. In aircraft, an ejection seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft…
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the F-4 Phantom II served as the U.S. Air Force’s main fighter-bomber aircraft This post’s informative infographic offers some important findings about the famed F-4…
Francis Gary Powers was supposed to have been killed and his aircraft destroyed when he failed to finish his mission. As a result, the U.S. concocted a cover story about…
At the height of the Cold War, on May 28, 1987, German teenager Mathias Rust, then 19 years old, flew a risky “peace mission” from Helsinki to Moscow At the…
The Swiss Air Force F-5E Tiger II J-3089 featured the Swiss Air Force aerobatic team Patrouille Suisse paint scheme. A Swiss Air Force F-5E Tiger II jet crashed on May…
The 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron’s staff can arrange precise, high-fidelity task training and mission simulations in the C-130H fuselage trainer’s controlled environment The 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Scott…