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US and British fighter pilots teamed up for their first 'Point Blank'...
More than 45 US and British aircraft took part in exercise Point Blank 20-02 over the North Sea on May 12, 2020.The exercise is held several times a year in the UK, but this is the first to be done...
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This virtual reality motion simulator could be used to train military pilots...
New Zealand startup Eight360 created, a virtual reality motion simulator.Nova is a motion simulator that can make VR feel more real by turning in any direction. Creators see the device being used for...
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Israeli air force jets are in Germany for an exercise for the first time ever
Six IAF F-16C/D "Barak" jets supported by G550 CAEW, B707 tankers, and C-130 landed at Nörvenich Air Base in Germany on Monday.The two countries will conduct a bilateral training exercise over Germany...
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Meet 'Fuel,' who just won the Air Force's award for top fighter pilot
The Air Force gives the Gen. Claire Lee Chennault Award each year for significant achievement in fighter warfare tactics and development.The 2019 recipient is the 31st Operations Support Squadron's...
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5 jets the US built to be fighters but ended up using as bombers
Aerial combat is always evolving, and planes designed for it in era have to adapt to survive in the next.For some, that means adopting a new role — here are five US fighters that switched their focus...
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The Air Force has a new training center to prepare pilots for war with China...
The Air Force has a new $38 million training center at a Nevada base where pilots can link real and simulated environments.The new 60,000-square-foot center is designed to replicate any kind of...
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Switzerland, which has a policy of military neutrality, just approved a $6.5...
Summary List PlacementThe majority (50.2%) of Swiss voters gave the go-ahead to the purchase of new combat aircraft on September 27, 2020.The referendum called the citizens to say yes or no to a...
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A short history of US fighter aircraft — from biplanes to stealth jets
Summary List PlacementThe surest way to secure the skies over a battlefield is with fighter aircraft, and nobody knows that better than the US Air Force.Though America's aerial-warfare beginnings were...
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The story of the Sea Raptor: the Navy version of the F-22 that wasn't to be
Summary List PlacementThe US Air Force's venerable F-22 Raptor is widely seen as the world's most capable air superiority fighter, but for a short time, it was nearly joined by a sister platform...
View ArticleCar builders make hot rods out of World War II fighter plane belly tanks
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: If you're not sure what kind of car this is, you're not alone. These tiny metal capsules with wheels are called belly tanks, or...
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NATO allies sign a $3 billion deal for fighter jets as rifts between alliance...
Summary List PlacementATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece signed a 2.3 billion-euro ($2.8 billion) deal with France on Monday to purchase 18 Rafale fighter jets, as tensions remain high with neighbor...
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16 years after the last F-16 was delivered, the Air Force is thinking about...
Summary List PlacementAlmost 16 years after the last delivery, the US Air Force is now considering an order for new F-16 Fighting Falcon (or Viper, as the type is dubbed in the fighter pilot community)...
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Here's what sets 5th-generation fighter jets apart from the jets before them
Summary List PlacementIn 2005, the United States became the first nation on earth to field an operational 5th-generation fighter in the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.When you look at the F-22 compared to...
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Why plans for a bigger, faster version of the F-16 didn't pan out
Summary List PlacementFor more than 40 years, the F-16 Fighting Falcon has served as the backbone of the US Air Force's fighter fleet, but one year before the first F-16 entered service, the team...
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An F-35 pilot explains how the Air Force's fighter jets have evolved from...
Summary List PlacementI hear the term "fighter generation" a lot these days, such as fourth-gen or fifth-gen. What does that mean?It's a great question. A fighter generation is a period of time where...
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23 terms only fighter pilots understand
Summary List PlacementIf you've ever hung out with military aviators (or watched movies like "Top Gun" or "Iron Eagle") you know they tend to use a lot of strange lingo when they talk, even when...
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Top US Air Force general suggests future fighter-jet fleet won't include the...
Summary List PlacementThe US Air Force is thinking about what its future fighter fleet might look like, and that picture apparently doesn't include the fifth-generation F-22 Raptor.Air Force Chief of...
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To fill a fighter-jet gap, the US Navy is about to get some of the Air...
Summary List PlacementThe US Navy is preparing to receive F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from the Air Force as it moves to rid its inventory of legacy F/A-18 Hornet models used in its Reserve...
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The Air Force's new F-15EX fighter jet made its dogfighting debut during a...
Summary List PlacementThe US Air Force just started taking delivery on the new F-15EX Eagle II in March of this year, but the jets already found their way into a massive force-on-force war game held in...
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Russian fighter jets harassed a Dutch frigate in the Black Sea for hours and...
Summary List PlacementRussian fighters harassed the Dutch frigate HNLMS Eversten in the Black Sea for hours last week, the Dutch defense ministry said Tuesday.During the incident, which lasted roughly...
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