Why The Blackbird Is The Only Aircraft With An “SR” Designation
SR. The SR-71 Blackbird is quite possibly the most secretive aircraft the world has ever known. Its unique design, engineering, and speed remain unchallenged by few aircraft after over…
Sudan J-10C: Set to become Africa’s most powerful squadron
The Sudanese Ministry of Defense is said to have started negotiations to acquire China’s J-10C fighter jet. If the deal is successful, this will be the most…
Gripen Multirole Fighter, Saab JAS 39
After producing several aircraft with plenty of potential but little international appeal, Sweden’s SAAB aerospace and defence company finally hit the jackpot with the JAS 39 Gripen…
Is the F-35 more powerful than the brand-new “monster” Typhoon?
The image published on the official Eurofighter website shows that Typhoon fighter carries a total of 14 rockets of all kinds. In this special configuration, Typhoon carries…
Blackbird SR-71: “So Fast It Could Melt The Tires”
The SR-71 Blackbird: The Fastest Plane, the Most Repairs Needed?: It was a mystery. The SR-71 Blackbird was built of titanium and other space-age alloys to handle the excessive…
Why, more than 40 years after its creation, is the MiG-29 still referred to as a “sky killer”?
On October 6, 1977, the fourth-generation Soviet fighter MiG-29 Fulcrum successfully made its first flight piloted by test pilot Alexander Fedotov. The idea of creating the MiG-29…
Why the U.S. military was afraid of the Russian fighter, the MiG-21
“Fishbed,” the official NATO codename for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter plane, may not sound terribly intimidating. Indeed, it may bring to mind a seafood platter – I’m…
Why, more than 40 years after its creation, is the MiG-29 still referred to as a “sky killer”?
On October 6, 1977, the fourth-generation Soviet fighter MiG-29 Fulcrum successfully made its first flight piloted by test pilot Alexander Fedotov. The idea of creating the MiG-29…
A Test Flight of a New Army Future Helicopter for 2030
The V-280 can fly at 280 knots with a self-deployable range of 2,100 nautical miles Bell’s V-280 Valor successfully completed its first test flight in December and…
Observe: A C-17 is being used to unload an Apache chopper.
Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron and soldiers from the 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment unload two AH-64 Apache helicopters from a C-17 Globemaster III….