This represents the largest assembly of deployed US naval F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters to date. Taken on Jan. 22, 2022, the photos in this post feature aircraft assigned…
Carriers
After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israelis dispatched an F-4 crew to TOPGUN New tactics are acquired in battle, lost or discarded when conflict is over, and relearned at…
Civil
Airbus A320 Vs Boeing 737: which is the better Short Haul Airliner? The Unbiased Perspective of a Boeing 737 Pilot
The best way to describe the fundamental differences between Boeing and Airbus is to compare its two short-haul airliners, the A320 and Boeing 737. The main difference between Airbus and…
Carriers
USS Tripoli recovers and launches the F-35B Lightning II Fifth Generation Fighter for the first time
An F-35B Lighting II from VMFA-122 touched down on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) on Jan. 11, 2022, marking the first time the…
Helicopters
Defiant executes US Army air assault, demonstrating unsurpassed speed, maneuverability, and agility in high-speed, low-level operations and confined area landings
These flights validate Defiant’s relevancy to the Army’s mission, providing agility at the objective (also known as the “X”), and increased survivability, all while reducing pilot workload Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing…
On January 16, 2022, retired Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, a renowned member of the Tuskegee Airmen, passed away at 102 years old On January 16, 2022, retired Brig. Gen. Charles…
Carriers
As USS Kitty Hawk starts her final voyage to the Scrapyard, US Navy sailors fear there will never be another Aircraft Carrier turned into Museum
On Jan. 15, 2022, the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) departed Bremerton for a 16,000-mile journey around South America for its ultimate fate: scrapping at a Texas shipyard. On Jan. 15,…
F-14 Tomcat
Did you know? On the first day of Desert Storm at least 12 Iraqi Fighters (including 4 MiG-29s) ran away instead of fighting US Navy F-14 Tomcats
The US Navy F-14 Tomcats won the air battle for H-2 without firing a single shot. The F-14 Tomcats of the US Navy achieved their first aerial victories during freedom…
In the closing stages of the war, some Messerschmitt Bf-109Gs of III Gruppe/JG5 were defeated by Fleet Air Arm Squadron 882 F4F Wildcat fighters The British Royal Navy was in…
The aircraft’s highest speed with its wings swept back was 1,544 mph. So what was the F-14’s top speed when its wings were swept forward? A fleet defense fighter that…