Tag: fighter bomber
According to some comments appeared on Facebook the Tornado belonged to the Luftwaffe. Here’s a Tornado Buzzing the Tower Top Gun
Style. Taken from the control tower at Poligono di Capo Frasca Military Installation in Oristano, on the Italian island of Sardinia the (weird) video in this post shows a Tornado...
The two Su-34 fighter bombers were performing a training mission The Russian Defense Ministry says that two Su-34 fighter bombers have collided in midair in the Far East on Jan. 18, 2019. According to the Russian military the two Su-34 fighter bombers were performing a training mission when they...
A witness said the noise from the impact was louder than the noise of the Mirage 2000D fighter bombers flying overhead Two workers at the Faurecia automobile parts factory in Nogent-sur-Vernisson were injured on Apr. 10 when an inert bomb fell off from a Mirage 2000D fighter bomber. The incident took place at around 3:20pm local time and a witness said...
As the Jaguar was the only conventional aircraft capable of being used from unprepared strips or motorways the British Aircraft Corporation decided to undertake a series of trials on the unopened stretch of the M55 motorway near Blackpool, Lancashire Take on Apr. 26, 1975, the interesting video in this post, shows Tim Ferguson, a test pilot for the British Aircraft...
The Su-24 spent many years grounded at Shiraz air base Iran has managed to restore a Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) fighter-bomber back to service after many years of grounding at Shiraz air base. Mehr News Agency said Iran invested over 35,000 manpower hours in the aircraft and succeeded on Jan. 14. The aircraft has now joined Islamic Republic of Iran...
The two pilots on board the Tornado fighter bomber were safely recovered and brought back to Saudi Arabia According to Reuters a Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Tornado fighter bomber which was performing a combat mission in the skies over Saada province in northern Yemen was lost on Jan. 7, 2018. The two pilots on board were safely recovered and brought...
According to a German Air Force official, the Lightning II can satisfy most of Germany’s requirements and offer other benefits as well The Luftwaffe (German Air Force) has a shortlist of existing platforms to replace its Panavia Tornado fighter bombers from 2025 to 2030, but the service “preferred choice” is the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, a German Air Force...
The new strike aircraft will feature the same engines as the Su-34 and will replace the Su-25 Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Defense and Security Committee, Viktor Bondarev, disclosed that Russia might one day have a new single-seat attack jet based on the Su-34. The former head of the Russian Air and Space Force (RuASF) added that the new jet will...
Whether it was the sound of 50,000 pounds of metal uncontrollably impacting the earth, or the light-hearted shortening of the name Howdy Doody's Indian rival, Chief Thunderthud, the F-105 became known affectionately as the "Thud" by those who flew and maintained it In 1951 Republic Aviation began a project to develop a supersonic tactical fighter-bomber to replace the F-84F. The...
A classified briefing on F-15 and F/A-18E/F fighter bombers will take place in mid-November, following a similar briefing provided by U.S. officials about the Lockheed Martin F-35 strike fighter in July According to St. Louis Post-Dispatch Germany has requested for a classified briefing on the capabilities of Boeing’s F-15 and F/A-18E/F fighter bombers. A letter sent by the German defense ministry's planning...
