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It looks like the Polish government has decided not to purchase used F-16’s from the US after all. Poland’s Deputy Minister of National Defence Bartosz Kownacki had said as recently as January that they were considering purchasing 50 to 100 used Falcons. “We are not going to buy used older versions of the F-16,” Kownacki […]
Harrison Ford, who may be better known as Indiana Jones from the hit movie series landed his small aircraft on a taxiway instead of the runway back on February 23rd. Now the FAA has released the recordings of the radio transmissions with controllers from this incident. Flying a single-engine Aviat Husky the famous 74 year old […]
…I’m always saying that airline pilot gets his all salary for one landing per month…this is the day I earned mine…maximum crosswind limit steady, gust plus steady and gust in one…FULL FORCE column deflections was required…I LOVE Boeing 737 for it’s stability in severe conditions… – Artur Kielak Artur promoted himself as an aerobatic pilot […]
Despite criticism from many human rights advocates Dinko Valev has made a name for himself as a self proclaimed ISIS bounty hunter in the country of Bulgaria. Bulgaria shares a border with Turkey and according to the 29 year old Valev migrants are crossing that border without authorization and they may be terrorists. Claiming to […]
Very cool video footage of the Marine Corps practicing urban close air support during the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) near Yuma, Arizona. Live fire drills are always exciting to say the least but when they take place at night it takes things to a greater level. Known as the ‘Super Huey’ the twin-engine Bell […]
Who does not get excited going to an airshow on a military base? No one! Especially when the airshow is at a Marine Corps Air Station (Oohrah!) and they just happen to display the worlds largest wall of fire ever! Watch the Worlds Record Largest Wall of Fire! Apparently, the Marine Corps likes setting worlds […]
Apparently passengers traveling to the United States and the United Kingdom from certain countries and on certain airlines will no longer be allowed to take ‘large electronic devices’ with them in the airplane cabin. While specific details of this new policy are not being discussed by US officials it reportedly is only for non US […]
Say it isn’t so! Is the F-15C/D really so old it is getting ready for retirement? Well, at least that is what Air Force officials alluded to in statements today during testimony to the House Armed Services Subcommittee. The Air Force is saying that any operational capability lost by this decision would be made up […]
Lockheed Martin’s CEO Marillyn Hewson has publicly stated that President Trump’s efforts to get a lower price on the F-35 “did make a difference.” If you recall, then President-elect Trump put out a series of Tweets criticizing the F-35 program for high costs and saying the program was “out of control.” “What he did do was […]
These photos are cool! Take a look as US Air Force F-22 Raptors participate in the first Enhanced Air Cooperation, an operation with Australia. Twelve F-22’s and about 200 Airmen to support them made the trip down under. Watch a Raptor Flight Demo at the Avalon Airshow 2017 in Australia So what do you think? Were the […]
The Israeli military confirmed Monday that one of their Skylark drones was taken down by Syrian anti-aircraft defenses. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is used for tactical surveillance. Manufactured by Elbit Systems, based in Haifa, Israel the Skylark is operated by the Israeli Defense Forces Artillery Corps. Israeli forces had launched an aerial attack on […]
By Nate S. Jaros Continuing our three-part series on a Day in the Life of a Fighter Pilot. If you missed the last segment, we finished our sortie. Now it’s time to debrief! Before we dive in to the debrief itself, it’s important to understand a few things about the fighter pilot debrief. The debrief […]
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