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The story of why Israeli Air Force Picked the F-15 over the F-14
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (815+ words) Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviation Geek Club” one of the world’s most read military aviation blogs. His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news…...
Lightning Mach 2 interceptor struggled to win mock dogfights Vs WWII Spitfire during trial flights conducted by RAF between the two types. Here’s why.
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (217+ words) The Spitfire is an icon of World War II, becoming the darling of the British public through defending the skies during the Battle of Britain. The Spitfire’s combat ability and superb handling meant it was loved by British, Commonwealth and…...
Canberra PR 9 had been the best recce aircraft during early operations in Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. Here’s why.
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (727+ words) Canberra PR 9: the best recce aircraft From its first public demonstration at the Farnborough Airshow of 1949, the English Electric Canberra bomber captured the attention of the aviation world. It could outmanoeuvre all the fighters of the time and it could…...
A product of disinformation: the F-19 was designed to be F-117 opposite (perhaps)
6+ day, 37+ min ago (551+ words) And this is precisely where the story becomes even more interesting. Let us begin with the official story, supported by the Testors drawings, the models, and all the related merchandising.The documented story, at least officially, revolves around an extraordinary…...
F-15 maintainer tells why although NASA equipped an Eagle with an AIM-54 USAF Never Outfitted its F-15 fleet with the Phoenix
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (240+ words) These missions, conducted over restricted military test ranges, involved launching a missile from a NASA F-15 aircraft flying at speeds up to Mach 2.0, with the missile then accelerating to speeds up to Mach 5.0, depending on its trajectory before fuel is exhausted....
F-22 features Rectangular Exhaust Nozzles (F-35, Su-57 and Chinese Stealth Fighters don’t), here’s why
1+ week, 4+ day ago (279+ words) The F-22 Raptor is combination of stealth, supercruise, maneuverability, and integrated avionics, coupled with improved supportability, represents an exponential leap in warfighting capabilities. The Raptor performs both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions allowing full realization of operational concepts vital to the 21st century…...
The cult classic F-19: How F-117 Secret Development led to Birth of a Misleading Stealth Fighter that Never Was
1+ week, 5+ day ago (384+ words) The Lockheed F-117A was developed in response to an Air Force request for an aircraft capable of attacking high-value targets without being detected by enemy radar. By the 1970s, new materials and techniques allowed engineers to design an aircraft with radar-evading or…...
KAL 007 shooting down mysteries: the night Soviet Su-15 fighters shot down a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 over Sakhalin Island
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (240+ words) As told by Yefim Gordon & Dmitriy Komissarov in their book Sukhoi Interceptors: The Su-9, Su-11, and Su-15: Unsung Soviet Cold War Heroes, the first attempt was abortive: a 528th IAP MiG-23 piloted by Maj. Vasiliy Kaz’min scrambled from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy/Yelizovo airport…...
The secret behind P-51B/C/D Mustang range
2+ week, 2+ day ago (282+ words) The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. In fact, in December 1943 the first Merlin-engined P-51B/C Mustangs entered combat in Europe. These P-51s provided…...
Su-57 exclusive feature: the Felon is the only Fighter Equipped with DIRCM
2+ week, 5+ day ago (207+ words) Other interesting features of the Su-57 that no other fighter jet has are the longitudinally arranged internal weapons bays and the 101KS-O DIRCM (Directed Infrared Counter Measures). ‘Technically this feature is seen on other turbine powered aircraft,’ Connor Dalton, aircraft…...