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The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) is one of the many European operators of the versatile F-16 as the mainstay of its fighter/strike fleet. Out of an original order of 74 F-16s that rolled off the Fokker production line in the Netherlands, 57 remain in service, having undergone the Mid-Life Update (MLU) modifications. Instead of individual units owning […]
[Editor’s Note: Japan is the latest nation to jump on the 5th-Generation bandwagon, recently rolling out it’s own aircraft featuring low-observable technology. India, Russia, and China have been developing their own aircraft, and others are rumored to be pursuing it. While it’s true that 5th-Generation isn’t quite as sexy as it was before, we can […]
Efforts to locate the 12 Marine crewmembers of two CH-53E Super Stallions believed to have collided during routine night training have been continuing for more than 12 hours in the area, where it’s nearly 1p.m. local time. Capt. Timothy Irish, a spokesman for III Marine Expeditionary Force said the Marines were alerted to a possible incident at 11:38p.m. last […]
[Editor’s Note: The “Flanker-E” is one of the most formidable fighter’s in the Flanker family. Single-seat, multi-role, remarkably agile, and equipped with both excellent sensors and modern weapons, the Sukhoi Su-35S presents a significant air-to-air problem for an opposing Air Force. It looks as though the Russian Air Force will be bolstering its numbers of this […]
[Editor’s Note: We’ve got some original F-35 content being generated in-house as we speak, but in the mean time check this one out. Lockheed-Martin delivered 45 airplanes last year, and the complement at Luke AFB in Arizona is growing rapidly to accommodate the need for training both American and international pilots on the new Joint […]
[Editor’s Note: This is great news for all you Hawg lovers out there! As we all know, the status of the A-10 has been a hotly-contested topic for quite some time. And while the ultimate fate of the Warthog has already been decided, at least this amazing workhouse has been given a new lease on […]
[Editor’s Note: As you all are well aware, FighterSweep has very strong ties to the community responsible for the suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses–the Wild Weasel mission. Understandably, this story caught our attention, and it will be interesting to see how their program fares. YGBSM!] While China’s Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) operations rely on […]
[Editor’s Note: Since the U.S.-led coalition has expanded its airstrikes against Daesh, we have talked about one of the key ways to hurt the Islamic State: targeting its finances. Be it destroying oil trucks or its cash reserves, if you cripple an enemy’s ability to pay for its war, you’re making headway] Airstrikes by the […]
[Editor’s Note: The Israeli F-35I is going to be a different animal than its American counterparts, much like the Eagles and Vipers currently fielded by the IAF. While we can’t get into specifics, suffice it to say we’re pretty excited to see what our friends will end up doing to make their Joint Strike Fighter […]
According to a release from the Navy, a Boeing F/A-18A Hornet assigned to the Naval Air Warfare Development Center in Nevada crashed about 8:30 AM yesterday. The pilot was able to eject safely from the aircraft and is currently being evaluated at a local hospital. According to Navy officials, the jet was on a routine training mission when it went down in remote, mountainous […]
[Editor’s Note: While it makes perfect sense Daesh would want to develop the same functionality Al Qaeda used to such a devastating effect just over fourteen years ago, one can only hope they’d really be that stupid. While turning airplanes into weapons is not a new concept–it wasn’t even a new idea in 2001–it is […]
[Editor’s Note: We’re sure many of you are familiar with Burning Man, but what you may or may not know is the event actually attracts a fair number of aviators and–believe it or not–skydivers. For those of you who jump out of airplanes, I can imagine skydiving over Burning Man might be a pinnacle of […]
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