The Fakour-90 is an Iranian air-to-air missile based on the Hughes AIM-54 Phoenix The following interesting video is the first known footage that shows an Islamic Republic of Iran Air…
The first Japanese MV-22 OSPREY crew chief is Sgt. 1st Class Midsru Miyazaki
Miyazaki studied the ground service and knowledge portion of the Osprey in order to learn about the mindset necessary to become a crew commander Currently conducting training with Marine Medium…
The F-16 Block 42-52 aircraft’s planned service life has been extended by the USAF to 12,000 equivalent flight hours The U.S. Air Force (USAF) allowed Lockheed Martin to extend the…
INDIAN AIR FORCE HAS ACCEPTED 18 Su-30MKI FIGHTER JETS FITTED WITH SECOND-HAND ENGINES
Certain Su-30MKIs with one new and one old engine were wrongly accepted by IAF and the Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance As reported by Deccan Chronicle, it has come to…
USAF TO DEPLOY RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWKs IN JAPAN TO ENHANCE STABILITY OF INDO-ASIA PACIFIC REGION
The RQ-4 is the third advanced air asset after the USMC F-35Bs and the U.S. Navy E-2Ds, that the U.S. deployed in Japan in the last few months The U.S.…
Do you remember the Top Gun movie scene where Maverick and Goose’s F-14 flies inverted above the black two-seat F-5F (AKA MiG-28)? For safety reasons there was no aircraft flying…
6th CONSECUTIVE BATTLE “E” AWARD ASSIGNED TO USS BOXER AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP
Battle E annually recognizes ships and crews that best exemplify the qualities of readiness and their capability to perform assigned wartime tasking As announced on Mar. 14, 2017, by Commander,…
“MAINTENANCE ERROR DAMAGED E-8C JSTARS AIRCRAFT,” USAF MATERIEL COMMAND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD SAYS
Contractor maintenance personnel covered three drain holes in aircraft’s radar radome on the belly of the aircraft causing water from washings and rain to collect in the canoe-shaped radome A…
INTERESTING PHOTO SHOWS RECENTLY DAMAGED INDONESIAN AIR FORCE F-16B
The exact cause of the accident is under investigation by a team of the Aircraft Accident Investigating Committee of the Indonesian Air Force Appeared on Alert 5 Weblog Facebook page,…
SURREAL COMPOSITE PHOTO SHOWS BLUE ANGEL #1 ON THE RAMP AT NAF EL CENTRO
The Blue Angels were formed in 1946, making it the second oldest aerobatic demonstration team in the world, after the French Patrouille de France Taken on Mar. 6, 2017, the cool composite…