Final presidential helicopter delivered to USMC Presidential Helicopters Program Office (PMA-274) and the US Marine Corps (USMC) recently accepted delivery of the final VH-92A helicopter, built by Sikorsky, a Lockheed…
Helicopters
Rumors of terrorist activity spread after Russian made Mi-171 likely operated by covert US Military Unit lands in North Carolina during US Army exercise
Russian-made Mi-171 likely operated by a covert US Military Unit lands in North Carolina Residents and officials in a North Carolina county said no terrorists were involved when a Russian-made…
This photo was taken at the height of the Cold War, the confrontation that dominated the second half of the 20th century. The amazing image in this post, taken by…
Helicopters
Poland buys 96 AH-64E combat helicopters and becomes largest Apache operator outside of the US
Poland becomes the largest Apache operator outside of the US The Government of Poland has signed a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for 96 Boeing…
The J-35 had an inherent instability that could lead to superstall, a phenomenon attributed to Draken’s special wing planform. This post features an amazing video of Swedish Air Force J-35…
Accidents and equipments
USMC crew chief who died trying to save pilots in fiery MV-22B Osprey crash posthumously awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal
Marine who died in MV-22B Osprey crash posthumously awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal According to a news report by the Associated Press that appeared on ABC News, Cpl. Spencer…
Civil
Contracted Subsonex JSX-2 microjets used by USAF to simulate cruise missiles in Exercise Northern Strike 24
The emerging challenge the USAF will face in the future The photos in this post show KestrelX JSX-2 microjets during Exercise Northern Strike 2024-2 (NS24-2), at the Alpena Combat Readiness…
“Just as the first words from the radar operator came in “ten miles long final, gear down”, I felt a heavy blow, as though a hammer hit my left thigh,”…
“I decided to play a game and hard turned into the F-104s. Too late I remembered that the 100 series Avons fitted to the Canberra didn’t like that sort of…
“Actually, living through the landing wasn’t as bad as seeing it on film later that day,” Frank Peele former A-3 Skywarrior crewman/navigator. This post contains an amazing video of a…