Under specific circumstances, F-14 and F-15 fighters were capable of simulating SR-71 kills The SR-71 Blackbird collected intelligence during the course of its 24 years of service in some of…
After more than 60 years of service, a Royal New Zealand Air Force A-4 pilot retires
It was the only occasion an A-4 Skyhawk from the Royal New Zealand Air Force had opened fire in anger When Jim Jennings fired a warning shot over the bow…
This amazing video shows Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35s “going ballistic”
The footage was captured on June 10–11, 2016, at Leeuwarden Air Base, during the RNlAF Open Days 2016 airshow The stunning video in this post shows two Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal…
Amazing photo of the X-15 Hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft’s first captive carry flight
As of March 2017, the X-15’s official world record for the fastest time has not been broken The amazing photograph in this article shows the first of four captive-carry flights…
WWII fighter pilot who flighted the first P-38 Lightning gets a glimpse on the F-35 Lightning II
The P-38 absolutely purrs out there with 1300 hp in each engine, making flying it feel like you were driving a Cadillac On October 3, 2016, retired Maj. Earl Conrad…
How Eielson AFB aggressors provide realistic adversary training during Red Flag-Alaska
“We can go faster than any blue force is ever trained, up into almost Mach 2.0 to show them what it’s like if the enemy were to do that, which…
This is how A-10 drivers practise hunting and sinking “pirate boats”
A-10 pilots fired inert training rounds of 30-millimeter caliber at unmanned boats positioned in the Gulf of Mexico to make training more realistic On February 6, 2017, fishing boats armed…
How a college student scored the first gun kill for an Israeli F-4 Phantom II
Aviem Sella returned from missions over Egypt three or four times a week, flying low over Haifa to let his lecturers know he would soon be attending their classes The…
If you’re an F-16 fighter pilot wannabe consider checking this equipment
“We have done our jobs right if when they have to eject out of the aircraft because a mission went south, and our equipment worked, we saved their life,” Staff…
The British Aircraft Corporation chose to conduct a series of trials on the unopened section of the M55 motorway near Blackpool, Lancashire, because the Jaguar was the only conventional aircraft…