The video in this post features Billie Flynn, Lockheed Martin Experimental test pilot, explaining some of the key differences between flying…
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It seems everyone’s father or uncle or sister’s husband worked at one time on the Arrow Project. Like in Ottawa where…
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IRIAF P-3F Orion Buzzes US Navy Ships in the Gulf of Oman
Such IRIAF P-3F Orion low passes are reported as a regular occurrence in the Persian Gulf region. Taken on Nov. 11,…
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The Only Public Air Show in XB-70 Valkyrie History Featured some of the Coolest Aircraft Ever Built
Carswell AFB was to be the only airfield that XB-70 Valkyrie AV/2 would fly to and return before being destroyed following…
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News of F-35 ‘Epic Failure’ in Intercepting Tu-160 Mach 2 Bomber Was an Epic Fake. But there’s a Video Animation that Doesn’t Seem to Think So…
The Russian media reports used strikingly similar language and appeared to be copy-pasted from a single source, the Chinese news agency Sina.…
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Crazy Video Shows Massive An-124 Cargo Aircraft Crosswind Landing With Nose Gear First
The video in this post features a crosswind landing performed by a massive Antonov An-124 and is definitely one the craziest…
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Jet Girl: the Story of Caroline Johnson, the First Woman to Bomb ISIS from US Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet
On Aug. 9, 2014 Caroline Johnson slid into her back-seat spot in the F/A-18 Super Hornet and prepared to strike the…
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The story of B-17 “Patches:” the Fortress that RTB from a combat mission with one propeller embedded in the wing
After B-17 “Patches” had been hit by flak, one of the props flew off, took the tip off another one and…
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American Fighter Ace Eddie Rickenbacker Was Flying the Day Great War Ended. Here’s his Touching Account.
“Suddenly gray uniforms mixed with brown. I could see them hugging each other, dancing, jumping. Americans were passing out cigarettes and…
Moreover on Nov. 18, all eight RAAF C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft of 36sq have been parked together (briefly!) for the…
