It was clear that the Delta 2 could easily break the current world air speed record due to the ease with which it entered the supersonic regime, without any of…
The incident took place after the Apache suffered a malfunction during a live firing training exercise and was forced to land at Sculthorpe training range in Norfolk. The British Army…
The documentary series “The Red Tailed Angels” depicts the challenges, battles, and ultimately victories of the Tuskegee Airmen The US Air Force (USAF) video production team created a video series…
Airshows
Blue Angels Conducted Final Flight on Legacy Hornet Aircraft Marking Transition to Super Hornet
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’…
F-14 Tomcat
[Video] F-14A Lands on Carrier Without Nose Gear: Tomcat pilot could not notice the no nose gear, the LSOs did not see the gear up
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,…
On August 7, 1945, the Kikka successfully completed its one and only test flight, which lasted just 20 minutes, and took off from Kisarazu Naval Air Base. To help it…
When the range was reduced to 200 meters, Snr Lt Khominich started firing three seconds of cannon fire at one of the F-80s (220 yrd). In the first-ever dogfight between…
One of Nazi Germany’s last-ditch efforts to regain control of the sky with a cheap jet fighter that could be flown by virtually anyone was the Heinkel He162 One of…
The MiG-21 proved to be simple to maintain, and the Soviets delivered quickly The MiG-21 acquisition was eventually warmly received by the air force: not only did the aircraft prove…
The USAAC ordered that each new bomber type should have a variation considered for escorter duties in August 1941 while anticipating the development of an efficient long-range fighter escort Designed…