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Interesting video shows F-22A Raptor firing an AIM-9 Sidewinder while inverted

Military Aviation / Weapons

Here’s why this F-22A Raptor fired an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile while inverted

Dario Leone

Sep 16 2023

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Aviation History / Military Aviation / Weapons

The day 18 MiG-15s prevented a formation of TARZON-loaded B-29s to destroy two bridges over the Yalu River

Aug 30 2023

Dario Leone

The California Parachute, the tail assembly that acted as (non-textile) parachute to retard the descent of both Little Boy and Fat Man atomic bombs

Aug 6 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Weapons

The story of the AIM-9 Sidewinder that Failed to Detonate, Got Embedded in a MiG-17 and was Reverse-Engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll

Jul 24 2023

Dario Leone

US Navy Operations Specialist explains why the Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile is not unstoppable and why the PAC-3 Patriot can shoot it down although the Kinzhal is Mach 10 capable

Jun 7 2023

Dario Leone

Military Aviation / Naval Warfare / Weapons

B-52H drops inert JDAM QuickStrike Extended Range mines from a standoff distance of more than 40 miles advancing maritime capabilities in a contested environment

May 27 2023

Dario Leone

Image of an F-15 firing an ASM-135A ASAT at Death Star released on Star Wars Day remember us that the mighty Eagle was the only US aircraft to destroy a satellite

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Weapons

No, the F-15 never Attacked Death Star of Star Wars. But the mighty Eagle was the only US aircraft to destroy a machine orbiting Earth. Here’s how.

May 4 2023

Dario Leone

“Photo of damaged B61 nuclear bomb at RNLAF Volkel Air Base was a training dummy,” Pentagon says

Apr 4 2023

Dario Leone

AGM-183 did not “complete its launch sequence” and remained on the B-52H: First Hypersonic ARRW Booster Flight Test Failed

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / Weapons

AGM-183A ARRW Falls Short in Second Test but the USAF isn’t saying what went wrong with the Lockheed Martin-built hypersonic missile

Mar 27 2023

Dario Leone

USAF Investigates Hypersonic Test Mishap after B-52 inadvertently dropped scramjet-powered missile

Military Aviation / Weapons

The USAF Won’t Purchase Hypersonic Missiles in 2024

Mar 22 2023

Dario Leone

Here’s why NASA Equipped an F-15 with an AIM-54 and why USAF Never Outfitted its Eagle fleet with the mighty Phoenix

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation / Weapons

F-15 maintainer explains why even though NASA equipped an Eagle with an AIM-54 the USAF Never Outfitted its F-15 fleet with the mighty Phoenix

Mar 6 2023

Dario Leone

Military Aviation / Weapons

Taiwan to get 100 AGM-88B HARM missiles and 200 AIM-120C-8 missiles for its F-16 fleet

Mar 2 2023

Dario Leone

Military Aviation / Weapons

Minnesota ANG boosts F-16 capabilities with AN/ASQ-236 AESA radar pod (it complements the recent fielding APG-83 AESA Fire Control Radar)

Feb 28 2023

Dario Leone

A-10 driver remembers a memorable BRRRRRTTTTTTT Run performed during Operation Enduring Freedom

Military Aviation / Weapons

A-10 Pilot explains why the Warthog has a Window Wash System (and almost Nobody Knows about it)

Feb 15 2023

Dario Leone

Military Aviation / Weapons

F-15EX fires missiles from new weapon stations 1 and 9 for first time and validates the Eagle II’s 12 air-to-air missiles capacity

Jan 5 2023

Dario Leone

Military Aviation / U.S. Navy / Weapons

AGM-88G AARGM-ER successfully engages moving maritime target on 4th flight test

Dec 10 2022

Dario Leone

Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / Weapons

USAF U-2 Avionics Technician explains why S-300 and S-400 missile systems would not be able to shoot down the SR-71 Blackbird

Nov 20 2022

Linda Sheffield Miller

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Weapons

Here’s why this F-22A Raptor fired an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile while inverted

Thanks to our partners

The day 18 MiG-15s prevented a formation of TARZON-loaded B-29s to destroy two bridges over the Yalu River

The California Parachute, the tail assembly that acted as (non-textile) parachute to retard the descent of both Little Boy and Fat Man atomic bombs

The story of the AIM-9 Sidewinder that Failed to Detonate, Got Embedded in a MiG-17 and was Reverse-Engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll

US Navy Operations Specialist explains why the Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile is not unstoppable and why the PAC-3 Patriot can shoot it down although the Kinzhal is Mach 10 capable

B-52H drops inert JDAM QuickStrike Extended Range mines from a standoff distance of more than 40 miles advancing maritime capabilities in a contested environment

No, the F-15 never Attacked Death Star of Star Wars. But the mighty Eagle was the only US aircraft to destroy a machine orbiting Earth. Here’s how.

“Photo of damaged B61 nuclear bomb at RNLAF Volkel Air Base was a training dummy,” Pentagon says

AGM-183A ARRW Falls Short in Second Test but the USAF isn’t saying what went wrong with the Lockheed Martin-built hypersonic missile

The USAF Won’t Purchase Hypersonic Missiles in 2024

F-15 maintainer explains why even though NASA equipped an Eagle with an AIM-54 the USAF Never Outfitted its F-15 fleet with the mighty Phoenix

Taiwan to get 100 AGM-88B HARM missiles and 200 AIM-120C-8 missiles for its F-16 fleet

Minnesota ANG boosts F-16 capabilities with AN/ASQ-236 AESA radar pod (it complements the recent fielding APG-83 AESA Fire Control Radar)

A-10 Pilot explains why the Warthog has a Window Wash System (and almost Nobody Knows about it)

F-15EX fires missiles from new weapon stations 1 and 9 for first time and validates the Eagle II’s 12 air-to-air missiles capacity

AGM-88G AARGM-ER successfully engages moving maritime target on 4th flight test

USAF U-2 Avionics Technician explains why S-300 and S-400 missile systems would not be able to shoot down the SR-71 Blackbird

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