10,000 flying hours, an outstanding time with fighter jet. How can it do?

Upgrades to the F/A-18 include new avionics, infrared search and track target radar, quasi-stealthy conformal fuel tanks, and even a special glide-slope flight enhancing software called “Magic Carpet.”…

The helicopter saved several soldiers in during the war period

Today’s Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) had their beginnings in the jungles of Burma during World War II. There, the upstart 1st Air Commando Group waged an unconventional and unorthodox…

Double power when U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers integrated with Ukrainian fighters as a decisive declare

On Friday, the U.S. Air Force has announced that its B-1B Lancer bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, conducted a long-range strategic Bomber Task Force…

The new cargo/tanker aircraft completed testing – The future backbone of the military, demo video of its design

The Air Force plans to complete testing of a full-scale blended wing body advanced cargo/tanker aircraft within four years, according to the department’s new Climate Action Plan. The…

Arromanches R95 – The Pride of the French navy, the backbone during the war period

Arromanches (R95) was an aircraft carrier of the French Navy, which served from 1946 to 1974. She was previously HMS Colossus (15) of the Royal Navy. She was the name-ship of the Colossus class of light carriers. She was…

The B-17 formed the backbone of the USAAF strategic bombing force – The devil in every air battle

Boeing B-17F Memphis Belle The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress flew in every combat zone during World War II, but its most significant service was over Europe.  Along…

HOTSPOT: Hundreds of fighter jets including F-35, F-15, and F-16 landed in the Indo-Pacific

After an absence of many years, US Air Force F-15 Eagles have returned to the RAAF’s Pitch Black air combat exercise, held in the Northern Territory in…

Does the Gripen JAS 39 have a chance against the F-35?

JAS 39 Compared to F-35: Last month, Saab Canada President Simon Carroll formally protested Ottawa’s move toward procuring the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II over its JAS 39 Gripen fighter. Carrol spoke…

Pre-preparation for the worst situation: US Air Force activated the first F-16 Squadron armed with AESA Radar

The US Air Force (USAF) has activated the 480th Fighter Squadron as the first USAF F-16CM squadron to be equipped with an active electronically scaned array (AESA)…

Amid widespread riots: Has Libya and Syria-Style insurgency been in making?

Following two weeks of major protests and riots in Iranian cities, an attack on a police station in Zahedan in the country’s south east on September 30…