Giving the heavy smoke from exhausts heat signature is very high for the J-31 and could affect its stealthiness. The video in this post features an interesting F-35A Lightning II…
Francis Gary Powers Jr. supplied unique information about the shooting down of his father’s U-2
“Especially in light of the U-2 that was shot down over Cuba in 1962, I understood my father’s frustration. All of the sudden, Washington officials were faced with the political…
Video shows Dive Bahrain preparing a Boeing 747 to be submerged in world’s largest underwater theme park
The dive site will have a 70-meter long decommissioned Boeing 747 as its centerpiece, the largest aircraft ever to be submerged. The interesting video in this article was posted by…
The Northrop YF-17 Cobra was a lightweight fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program. The Northrop YF-17 Cobra, a jet fighter that,…
The first SR-71 pilot to achieve 900 hours, Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles, died
In addition to receiving two Distinguished Flying Crosses and the Air Medal, Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles gained one of them for rescuing SR-71 #960 Lieutenant Colonel BennBowles, a former SR-71…
Beautiful pictures from the formation flight honoring Airbus’ 50th anniversary
Participating in the Airbus 50th anniversary flight were the A220, A319neo, A330neo, A350, A380, and BelugaXL along with the Patrouille de France. Airbus turned 50 years old, and to honor this…
The US Navy dive-bomber Wade McClusky who changed the course of the Battle of Midway
Wade McClusky was in charge of a squadron of 32 dive-bombers on June 4, 1942, and they had been given the mission to strike the aircraft carriers of the Imperial…
“On the night of July 11th as we made our way across the pond, it was a horrible night for pilots ‘behind the boat’ as the deck was pitching 10…
More details (and picture) of the recent IRIAF F-14A Tomcat crash
The IRIAF F-14A Tomcat airframe is completely destroyed. The picture in this post features the IslamicnRepublic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) F-14A Tomcat that crashed yesterday. According to Scramble Facebook…
Check out this video of GBU deliveries on Afghanistan, courtesy of Tophatters F-14 Tomcats
The first, emotional segment of the video shows VF-14 Tophatters Tomcats over New York. The cool video in this post features collection of various laser-guided bomb strikes conducted in Afghanistan,…