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Aviation HistoryLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
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Aviation HistoryMilitary AviationWarbirds
A Mighty Fortress: why the Boeing B-17 is the best bomber ever built
Little did Boeing know that with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress they had designed an aircraft that would set the standards…
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Military Aviation
The UK intends to purchase ‘around 60’ F-35B jets and then ‘maybe more up to around 80’, the First Sea Lord says
The British aspiration to buy 138 of the F-35B aircraft over the lifespan of the US-led programme is seen as unlikely…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Tomcat Supreme: The F-14’s AWG-9 was the most powerful radar in operational service on combat aircraft until the F-22 Raptor with the APG-77 entered service in 2005
When working in Track-While-Scan mode, the AWG-9 emissions were difficult to identify for contemporary radar warning receivers, and thus warning of…
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Military Aviation
“Eurofighter will play a fundamental role when FCAS arrives,” former Typhoon pilot says
“The European nations involved in planning the next FCAS systems won’t be able to get the best out of them, both…
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Aviation HistoryLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
When a US Navy EP-3 collided with a Chinese J-8 interceptor: the Hainan incident and the last flight of Lt. Cdr. Wang Wei
The Chinese J-8 interceptor and its pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Wang Wei, were lost while the damaged US Navy EP-3 made an…
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Military AviationU.S. NavyWeapons
US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet successfully executes the final shot in the Integrated Test Program of the AIM-120D SIP-3
This shot enables AIM-120D SIP-3 to enter dedicated operational test with planned fielding of enhanced warfighting capabilities in early 2022. Taken…
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A Record of Decision was issued by the US Air Force (USAF) making Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB) the official location…
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The presence of “Texaco” overhead was usually mandatory during night cyclic operations, and the tanker was almost always the last one…
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Helicopters
Sikorsky and DARPA fly Black Hawk helicopter with a tablet from take-off to obstacle avoidance in a first-of-its-kind mission
This technology was recently tested in a first-of-its-kind mission, demonstrating complete supervised autonomy capabilities on the S-70 Optionally Piloted Vehicle Black…
