The two F/A-18E Super Hornet pilots “did everything they could to try to warn the Fitter away. They did a head-butt maneuver; they launched flares, but ultimately the Su-22 went…
MiG Killers
“The armed pro-regime Shaheed-129 UAV was shot down by a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle at approximately 12:30 a.m. after it displayed hostile intent and advanced on Coalition forces” As reported…
The Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird, USAF serial number 61-7972, set four National Aeronautic Association and three Fédération Aéronautique Internationale speed records on its final flight on March 6, 1990 The Lockheed…
History
An RF-101C voodoo mission known as “Operation Sun Run” broke 3 transcontinental speed records
Two Voodoos had to fly the one-way trip from Los Angeles to New York, while two RF-101s had to make the roundtrip journey from Los Angeles to New York and…
Helicopters
An AH-64D attack helicopter used by the Army gives the iconic Apache additional badassery
Today, the U.S. Army’s attack helicopter fleet consists of a mixture of AH-64D and AH-64E model aircraft Taken on May 6, 2017, the super cool picture in this post features…
Five F-35A pilots assigned to Luke AFB have experienced physiological incidents while flying since May 2, 2017 As reported in a U.S. Air Force (USAF) press release the 56th Fighter…
Drones
USAF F-15E SHOOTS DOWN PRO-ASSAD DRONE THAT OPENED FIRE ON COALITION FORCES AND SCORES SECOND AIR-TO-AIR KILL FOR THE STRIKE EAGLE
The F-15E shot down the drone after the Iranian-made UAV dropped a munition near Syrian fighters who were accompanied at the time by advisers from the American-led coalition As reported…
Carriers
IMPRESSIVE PHOTO SHOWS U.S. NAVY A-7 CORSAIR II ATTACK AIRCRAFT PERFORMING STRUCTURAL AND AERODYNAMIC TESTINGS
Structural and aerodynamic testings were often followed by trips to carriers to confirm land based results Taken in mid-70’s the interesting photo in this post features a U.S. Navy A-7…
Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets Jr., who led the B-29 Enola Gay on its mission to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, is the grandson of Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets…
According to recent engineering studies, the B-52 will continue to operate after 2040 The stunning old pictures in this post highlight several significant achievements made by the original B-52 Stratofortress…