The US-made "suicide drone" is shown during its dive toward a Russian T-72 tank, few weeks after photos of the first expended Switchblades were posted | Continue reading
Some claims about the "Ghost of Kyiv" that went viral lately and other recent "urban legends" were just officially debunked. "Hero of Ukraine Stepan | Continue reading
The Russian Su-25 managed to land back at its airbase despite significant battle damage caused by a MANPADS hit. Footage released by the Russian MOD early | Continue reading
Satellite Photos Show Cold War Era Biplanes on Seshcha Airbase Near Ukrainian Border. In a bizarre move that seems more at home in a Tom Clancy novel, | Continue reading
According to the UK media outlet The Sun, the recent crash of a British F-35B during take off from HMS Queen Elizabeth was caused by a rain cover not | Continue reading
Valiant Air Command Pilot Makes Perfect Ditching With TBM Avenger Warbird At Cocoa Beach Airshow on Apr. 17, 2021. | Continue reading
Less than one month after the first flight, another milestone has been achieved with the open-source container-orchestration system flying on a Dragon Lady aircraft. On Oct. 16, 2020, a U-2 intelli… | Continue reading
This was the first time the open-source container-orchestration system has flown on an operational major weapon system in the Department of Defense. In what was the first time the system has flown … | Continue reading
The Falcon AI agent managed to defeat the human pilot with an astonishing 5-0 score. But there’s more to it than meets the eye. A virtually simulated F-16 Fighting Falcon controlled by Artifi… | Continue reading
Some new interesting (internal and external) images have emerged of the only Project 903 Attack/Transport ground effect vehicle (Ekranoplan) with carrier-killing supersonic missiles that has recent… | Continue reading
A former Stealth Jet pilot provided some details about a previously unknown role of the F-117 during a recent interview at the Fighter Pilot Podcast. And here are some comments. I must admit I had … | Continue reading
JASDF Fighter carries a name that is a combination of the unofficial nickname of the F-16 (“Viper”) and the well-known Mitsubishi A6M Zero. At the beginning of the 1980s, the Japanese A… | Continue reading
The A330 MRTT will be equipped the first automatic aerial refueling with a boom system. An Airbus MRTT test aircraft has successfully completed the first ever fully Automatic Air-to-Air Refuelling … | Continue reading
What began as any other B-17 to roll out of the Boeing assembly line and became an aircraft of legendary status. The reason for “Memphis Belle” being a legend? Belle was one of the firs… | Continue reading
The U.S. Air Force, RAF and Italian Air Force are the only ones to have the ability to carry out Bio-containment missions aboard their aircraft. In the next hours, a Boeing KC-767A tanker and trans… | Continue reading
Aurora Borealis as seen from 70,000 feet. Do you remember the stunning photographs from U-2 Dragon Lady pilot and friend Ross Franquemont we have published here few days ago? Few days after we publ… | Continue reading
We (Almost) Get to The Bottom of Another Strange Russian Road Camera Incident. The Russians made dash cam video famous, and while this one wasn’t taken with a dash cam, it only continues the lore o… | Continue reading
Garmin GPS Watches Worn by Hornet Crews Augment Situational Awareness in Emergencies. Last week we did a quick, informal photo survey of the wrist watches worn by F/A-18 Hornet and F-35 Lightning I… | Continue reading
Marketing Aside, We Take a Look at The Most Popular Watches Among Fighter Pilots At MCAS Miramar. According to several U.S. military regulations, service members are not allowed to endorse products… | Continue reading
Remarkable Video Shows Four F-16s Converging in Dramatic Crossing Maneuver. You may have seen the U.S. Air Force Flight Demonstration Team, The Thunderbirds, perform their thrilling “High Bomb burs… | Continue reading
The first aircraft will be delivered by the end of 2019. On July 29, 2019, in a press release quoted by TASS news agency, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov stated that the Sukhoi Aircr… | Continue reading
The status of the pilot is unknown. There are reports that some visitors near Father Crowley Overlook were injured. We talked to some witnesses. Unconfirmed reports are just now surfacing across th… | Continue reading
We Visited “Jedi Transition” to Learn If the Best Low-Flying Area in the U.S. Is in Danger. It is the African big game safari, the Mt. Everest and the Louvre of plane spotting: the R… | Continue reading
The incredible story of a lucky SR-71 pilot who survived to a Blackbird disintegration at Mach 3+ Built as a strategic reconnaissance aircraft able to fly at 88,000 feet and Mach 3, the iconic Lock… | Continue reading
U.S. Joins Search Operation for Missing JASDF F-35 Lost in 10,000 Feet of Water. Sections from the left and right rudders of a Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, serialled … | Continue reading
The Mystery Chinese Stealth Jet Seen at U.S. Base Is For Marine OPFOR Training. The U.S. Air Force has officially confirmed to TheAviationist.com that the Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon photographed at… | Continue reading
Bizarre Photo Shows What Appears To Be A Model Of An Advanced Chinese Stealth Jet Allegedly at Georgia Airfield. File this under, “Too Weird to Believe, Too Bizarre Not to Report”. Late Wednesday, … | Continue reading
The presidential aircraft was put on sale by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, near the end of his first day as president of Mexico. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner TP-01 “José María Morelos y Pavón&#… | Continue reading
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Even if no SR-71 was lost due to hostile actions during the entire Blackbird career, the Mach 3+ capable spyplane faced an adversary that could effectively intercept it: the MiG-31 Foxhound. The SR… | Continue reading
In the Back Lot of the Pima Air & Space Museum You Can Discover History. 1547 Hrs. December 20, 2009. In the Back Storage Yard of the Pima Air & Space Museum Outside Tucson, Arizona. Most o… | Continue reading
In the last years of my professional life my mindset turned around 180 degrees, from fixed to growing. | Continue reading