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How a Chinese SA-2 shot down a Taiwanese RB-57D and scored the first ever SAM-Kill
by Dario LeoneThe first V-750 lifted off at 12:04hrs, soon followed by two more. About 40 seconds later, as the RB-57D was at…
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The PLAAF announced in 2019 that the 9th Air Brigade assigned to the 3rd Air Division had become the first service…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
“False information, and completely untrue:” Taiwan solemnly refutes shooting down of Chinese Sukhoi Su-35
by Dario LeoneThe clarification came after Taiwanese social media went abuzz with claims that a China’s Su-35 fighter plane was shot down by…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary AviationWeapons
Jack in the Box! How an AIM-9 Sidewinder that failed to explode after embedding itself inside a Chinese MiG-17 was reverse-engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll
by Dario LeoneOne of two Sidewinders that failed to bring down its target had actually also scored a hit: however, it failed to…
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AirshowsMilitary Aviation
Interesting video features airshow comparison between F-35A and J-31
by Dario LeoneGiving the heavy smoke from exhausts heat signature is very high for the J-31 and could affect its stealthiness. The video…
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Military Aviation
“PLAAF J-16 fighter jet received new coating able to make it nearly invisible to the naked eye,” Chinese Officials say
by Dario Leone“The silver-gray painting covering the J-16 is a kind of cloaking coating that gives the warplane a certain stealth capability,” PLAAF…
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Military Aviation
First J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighters delivered to PLAAF front-line unit
by Dario Leone9th Brigade at Wuhu has received its first two to four J-20 fighter aircraft Exactly eight years and one day after…
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Military Aviation
Here are some cool photos of PLAAF J-11 jet fighters conducting night flight training missions
by Dario LeoneThe Shenyang J-11 is a single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, whose airframe is based on the Soviet-designed Sukhoi Su-27 air superiority fighter…
