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Finnish Air Force Jets Captured Photos Of Russian Bombers Skirting Their...
The surge in Russian Air Force flights in northern Europe is providing an opportunity for local air forces to take some interesting pictures of Moscow warplanes.Russia has launched several missions...
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Here's The F-35's Latest Technical Problem
The Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II has faced many challenges thus far in its development and initial production, placing significant delays along the road to Initial Operational Capability.The...
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Here's Why The F-35's Global Supplier Base Might Become A Liability
The US military's most technologically sophisticated aircraft was designed to overwhelm enemies in combat but also as a novel multinational business consortium.A dozen countries so far have signed up...
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Amazing Footage Takes You Aboard A Super Hornet Fighter As It Surfs Along The...
Cloud surfing is every bit as cool as it sounds.The aircraft dances and banks to and fro, following your eyes as you look for gaps between puffy white citadels, raging through vaulted corridors and...
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Here’s What It’s Like Dodging 6 Missiles In An F-16
It was in the opening days of Operation Desert Storm on Jan. 19, 1991 when fighter jets were roaring through Iraqi airspace, and anti-aircraft crews were waiting for them with surface-to-air missiles...
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The Story Of The Last Piston-Engine Us Plane To Shoot Down An Enemy Fighter Jet
The last propeller US Navy attack aircraft to disappear from the decks of the flattops was the Douglas AD Skyraider.This airplane had a unique capability: even when it carried its full internal fuel of...
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All The Weapons The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Is Designed To Carry
The image above shows an F-35A at Edwards Air Force Base in California next to the F-35 systems development and demonstration weapons suite the aircraft is designed to carry.According to Lockheed...
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Here's Why The Pentagon Needs To Cancel The F-35 Program
The argument that the F-35 Lightning II is "too big to cancel" is not a good enough reason to keep it going.The F-35 Lightning II, otherwise known as the Joint Strike Fighter, has a lot of critics and...
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The US Military Is Going To Start Funding A Post-F-35 'X-Plane'
The Pentagon said on Wednesday its fiscal 2016 budget proposal will fund early technology development and prototyping of a "next-generation X-plane" that would eventually succeed the F-35 fighter jet...
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F-18s and F-5s Created A No-Fly Zone For Davos This Year
From Jan. 21 to 24, the Swiss Air Force contributed to the security of the WEF international conference held at Davos, in Switzerland.A circular No-Fly Zone, centered in Davos, with a radius of 25...
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Amazing photos of a US Marine Prowler jet refueling over Afghanistan
Some of the 27 remaining U.S. Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler jets are currently deployed to conduct electronic air defense over Afghanistan.The EA-6Bs belong to the VMAQ-4, that deployed to Al Udeid, in...
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India is mad at Russia for withholding info on fifth-generation stealth...
The Russian Air Force will take another giant leap toward modernization at the end of this year when it receives the first batch of fifth-generation stealth fighter jets. The Sukhoi T-50, which is a...
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The story of one of the largest airstrikes carried out against Saddam Hussein...
Following the end of the Gulf War in 1991, two different operations were conducted to enforce the no fly zone (NFZ) that was set to narrow Iraqi government airspace: the Northern Watch, which started...
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Watch a British Phantom intercept a Soviet warplane in the 1970s
Last week, UK’s air defense was once again put to the test by two Russian strategic bombers that flew off Cornwall during a routine long-range patrol over northern Europe.The two Bear H aircraft were...
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These are the 24 coolest military aircraft flying right now
Lockheed Martin has over 3,100 F-35s on order, meaning that the world's skies could soon be crowded with variations on the same advanced warplane.But there are lots of other amazing military planes out...
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This footage brings you inside the cockpit of a Russian Su-34 Fullback bomber...
The following series of videos is pretty impressive: with English subtitles, the footage brings you inside the cockpit of a Russian Su-34 Fullback bomber during a training sortie.Filmed with cameras...
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Japan hasn't scrambled this many fighter planes since the Cold War
Japan's government said Wednesday that the number of scrambles by the country's warplanes has surged in recent years to levels nearly matching the Cold War era amid growing activity by China and Russia...
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Stunning images of US Marine Corps Prowler jets flying at dusk
Based at MCAS Cherry Point, in North Carolina, Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron 1, or VMAQT-1, is responsible for training of student pilots and electronics-countermeasures officers...
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From this angle, the nEUROn drone is a stealth jet look alike
The image in this post was taken by The Aviationist’s contributor Roberto Zanda on Apr. 21. It shows the first example of the nEUROn UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle), the full-scale technology...
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What it's like flying one of the world’s most advanced jet trainers [PHOTOS]
Chosen by Italy, Israel, Poland and Singapore to prepare their pilots to the 4th and 5th Gen. fighter jets, the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 “Master” is considered one the world’s most advanced jet...
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