Boeing secures $1.9 billion order to produce 184 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for US Army, International Customers
Boeing will build 184 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for the US Army and international...
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Category: The Aviation Geek Club
In a 1v1 fight a US Navy Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier would have no problem in defeating Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov. Here’s why.
Assuming a Nimitz aircraft carrier and the Admiral Kuznetsov are without escort what flattop would...
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Slovak Air Force to donate approximately 13 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine (in return Slovakia will receive unspecified US military systems worth $700 Million)
The Slovak Minister of Defense Jaroslav Naď commented on the unspecified systems delivery, saying...
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Tomcat RIO tells the story of when he and his pilot destroyed a supersonic target drone by means of an AIM-7 fired by their F-14 flying at more than Mach 1
“Halfway through the turn my “radar lock” lights went out. I had messed up the intercept! ‘Broke...
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The story of the Cuban Air Force pilot that defected to the US with his MiG-23, borrowed a Cessna 310, flew back to Cuba and brought his family to America
During a training mission on Mar. 20, 1991, Orestes Lorenzo Perez flew the MiG-23 from Cuba to Key...
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FRED pilot recalls the “Cockpit Cat Fight” erupted between two Female Navigators on their first C-5 Mission
“We pilots grew frustrated with the argument; we just needed someone to tell us which way to turn....
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Did you know the solid quartz glass of the canopy of the SR-71 Blackbird cockpit was 1.25 inches thick and was hot to the touch from the inside?
SR-71 Blackbird Pilots and RSOs, even with gloves on, couldn’t keep their hands by the glass for...
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RAF Tornado F3 crew members tell the story of a tense mission flown to intercept an IrAF MiG-25 Foxbat the night before the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom
‘We had practised in the sim against the “Foxbat” and knew if he decided to run at the AWACS or...
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As Poland sends MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, UK considers supplying RAF Eurofighters for gifted Fulcrums to Ukraine
On Mar. 16, 2023 Poland pledged it would send four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, the first NATO...
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Here are some cool night photos of the venerable Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft
The cool photos in this post were taken at the former RAF Kemble base (now known as the Cotswold...
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Naval Flight Officer explains why despite their robustness (and cost) aircraft carriers can’t be kept in service longer than their programmed life
‘Some components simply can’t be replaced, while others it would be cost-prohibitive and...
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Pentagon releases USAF MQ-9 camera footage of Russian Su-27 Black Sea Intercept
The declassified footage shows a Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting an unsafe/unprofessional...
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