The Hainan incident and the last flight of Lt. Cdr. Wang Wei
Lt. Cmdr. Wang Wei, the pilot of the Chinese J-8 interceptor, and the aircraft were lost, while the damaged US Navy EP-3 made an emergency landing on Hainan Island A…
Lt. Cmdr. Wang Wei, the pilot of the Chinese J-8 interceptor, and the aircraft were lost, while the damaged US Navy EP-3 made an emergency landing on Hainan Island A…
My dream has always been to be a pilot; it’s all I’ve ever wanted to do; I just went about it in a different way than other people When Capt.…
The F1 differed from previous Mirages in that it had swept wing and tail surfaces rather than the more common delta wing The stunning footage in this post was shot…
The Chinese Marine Corps posted the main image of this post on April 1, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the infamous Hainan Incident The main photograph of this article, which…
All of the Fishbeds are based at Zagreb-91st Pleso’s Air Base and are flown by a single unit known as the “Fighter Squadron.” The fantastic video in this post (which…
“With over 150 holes in the airplane – one in the right-wing big enough to jump through – he was fortunate to be able to get the Skyraider back to…
The groundbreaking new de Havilland B Mk IV Mosquito was ultimately delivered to the Blenheim-equipped No 105 Sqn of No 2 Group at Swanton Morley airfield in Norfolk in November…
A considerable avionics upgrade provides the KC-135 Stratotanker with an additional 25 years of service. At the Air National Guard base in Sioux City, Iowa, despite being built 60 years…
Functionality inspections are painstaking procedures; even a minor mistake can result in weapon failure or worse. The USAF’s A-10 Thunderbolt II is the first aircraft specifically designed for providing close…
“I put another 100 rounds down, and the helicopter jinked right into the last burst; the helicopter looked like it had been hit by a bomb,” Capt. Robert “Swaino” Swain, A-10…