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Category: Hush Kit
Rare Eagles: Unusual F-15 variants
When the F-15 Eagle entered production, Nixon was in office. Now, 47 years later, it is still in...
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Interview with a Gripen pilot
Tiny, smart and capable, the Swedish Gripen C is a bantamweight fighter aircraft with a big punch....
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F-15 versus Flanker: An Eagle pilot’s view
Undoubtedly the two most formidable fighter aircraft of the Cold War were the US’ F-15C...
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The 2019 India-Pakistan Kashmir Air Skirmish – what actually happened?
I have deliberately held back from writing about the Indian-Pakistan air skirmishes as much...
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2019 analysis: How good is the Block II Pakistan JF-17 fighter aircraft today compared to its peers and potential threats?
Last year we asked Justin Bronk, from the Royal United Services Institute for his...
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Tornado F3 versus Mirage 2000: Pilot of both explains how they would fight and who would win
What if the two most formidable European fighter aircraft of the 1980s and ’90s crossed...
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The TFX stealth fighter and the rise of Turkey’s aviation industry
Despite economic recession, Turkey is investing a great deal in its aircraft industry. The most...
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Raptors, Kawasakis…and a Martin Mariner converted into a caravan! Highlights from the 2019 Avalon Airshow
Jim Smith had significant technical roles in the development of the UK’s leading military...
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Will S-400 sale to Turkey scupper F-35 deal?
Yesterday we took at the reasons Turkey made the controversial decision to purchase a...
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Why Turkey is buying the Russian S-400 air defence system and why it’s making the US mad: A Turkish perspective
Turkey is buying an air defence system, the formidable S-400, from Russia. The deal has sparked...
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What was the fastest ever European aircraft?
We all know the fastest US plane was the X-15 or SR-71, and the fastest Soviet was MiG-25...
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