5 March 2019

Tensions in the Golan skies

The Israeli army mentioned it shot down a Syrian fighter jet that allegedly crossed into the occupied Golan Heights as heavy preventing continued between the Syrian army and the final rebel holdouts in the country’s southwest. Spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus stated the Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet flew in the direction of Israel […]
4 March 2019

General Dynamics F-16 Preventing Falcon

The model F-16 are designated by a numerical sequence of blocks. Every block represents significant adjustments in the capabilities of the aircraft. The goal would be to maintain standardization between aircraft of the same block and implement these changes into already delivered aircraft, upgrading them to the brand new customary. That is […]
1 March 2019

US F-22 Was Hampering Russian Su-25 Jets From Providing Cowl For Assist Convoy

The incident happened Wednesday in the neighborhood of the Syrian town of Mayadin, when a pair of Su-25 close air support jets have been escorting a humanitarian aid convoy, the Russian Defense Ministry mentioned. A US F-22 stealth fighter came from throughout the Euphrates river and approached the aircraft, firing flare decoys […]
28 February 2019

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

Lockheed-Boeing-Basic Dynamics YF-22 Raptor on the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Lockheed-Boeing-General Dynamics YF-22 at the roll-out ceremony. Both Lockheed-Boeing-Normal Dynamics YF-22s. Pratt & Whitney YF-119 turbofan on the Nationwide Museum of the United States Air Pressure. The F-22 is an air-superiority fighter with improved functionality over present Air […]
21 February 2019

Fourth-generation Jet Fighter

The principle parts of an aircraft’s avionics are its communication and navigation systems, sensors (Radar and IR), computers and data bus, and user interface. Because they are often readily swapped out as new technologies turn into accessible, they are sometimes upgraded over the lifetime of an aircraft. Particulars about these programs are […]
20 February 2019

F-16 Army Plane Crashes Near Joint Base Andrews

An F-16C military fighter jet crashed Wednesday morning two miles south of Joint Base Andrews, shaking homes in suburban Washington, D.C., and sending thick black smoke into the skies, army officials stated. The pilot ejected successfully in a wooded area of Clinton, Maryland, at around 9:15 a.m. ET and suffered non-life-threatening accidents, […]
11 February 2019

The new Air Power in Iraq

835 million agency-mounted-value, time-and-material and price-plus-fastened-payment contract for 12 F-16C and 6 F-16D Block fifty two base aircraft, plus assist tools, technical orders, integrated logistics support, and contractor logistics help. Nov 4/11: Two separate Arabic stories by the Al-Baghdadeya satellite tv for pc channel shed extra gentle on Iraq’s timelines and plans. […]
8 February 2019

Flying the MiG29

It is also the one place on the earth the place you may arrange a flight in a MiG-29 or MiG-31. First got here MiGs Over Moscow. Now we’re flying over another amazing Russian city. It is an Unimaginable Flying Journey unlike another on the planet! From the people who invented high-efficiency […]
5 November 2012

Sukhoi and MiGs: allies or ennemis ?

Despite being on same side for a very long time, Mikoyan Gurevitch and Sukhoi have become competitors due to free market. The changing economic conditions have transformed the way these two units function. These last years, Sukhoi has been gaining more markets than MiG, and the net result has been announced just […]