Currently, Russia fields just one aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov. The “UMK Varan” is the latest Russian aircraft carrier concept unveiled by Nevskoe Design Bureau (PKB), part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding…
The AAG was working for an average of 48 traps before failing. According to Alert 5, the Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) latest assessment of the Electromagnetic Aircraft…
This just-released video shows a rare formation with A-10s and the US Air Force Thunderbirds over Nevada. Brought to my attention by John Osbourn, a reader of #AW#, this just-released…
IOC enables VMFA-314 to deploy the F-35C onto aircraft carriers where they will be able to support combat operations anywhere in the world. In a time characterized by rapidly evolving…
The recently retired F/A-18C flew into Washington Dulles International Airport on Nov. 18, 2020, in preparation for display at the museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, at a later date.…
The 2020 show season marked the end of the service life of the aircraft the team has flown for 34 years. The 2021 show season will be the Blue Angels’…
In the F-14 cockpit, a combination of failures resulted in a display of the nose gear down. The LSOs did not see the gear up. Taken on Aug. 22, 1994,…
The photos of this famous F-8 crash landing on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt prove that an angled deck is better than the straight one. Taken on Oct. 21, 1961,…
The XB-1 is now set to complete its ongoing, extensive ground test program before heading to Mojave, California in 2021 for a flight test. Taken on Oct. 7, 2020, the…
The future wing would still feature 44 strike fighters as it does now, but the mix of Block 4 F-35C Lightning II fighters and Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters…