September 2019

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September 12, 2024 RTX Awarded $1.19B AMRAAM Contract – The Largest AMRAAM Award To-Date Weapons
September 12, 2024 New M-346 Jet For The Frecce Tricolori Display Team Breaks Cover Italian Air Force
September 12, 2024 New AIM-120D AMRAAM Variant Will Be ‘Complementary’ to the Secretive AIM-260 JATM – Raytheon Exec Weapons
September 11, 2024 China’s J-20A Prototype Captured in First Clear Image with WS-15 Engine China
September 11, 2024 VX-9 F/A-18F Spotted With Heavy Air-to-Air Load of AIM-174s and AIM-120s Military Aviation

An Insider’s Look at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Visit to MAKS 2019.

September 3, 2019 Tom Demerly

Some Interesting Photos of The Russian President’s Aircraft, Support Detail and More. Transporting important heads of state for highly visible functions is a massive job involving logistics and security on a vast scale. On Tuesday, […]

From the Pilot’s Point of View: Comparing the F-104 and the Eurofighter Typhoon’s landing patterns.

September 2, 2019 David Cenciotti

What Does The Different Shape Of Their Overhead Traffic Patterns Say About the iconic F-104 and the more modern Typhoon’s Flight Characteristics? As most of The Aviationist‘s readers know, as a journalist, I’ve had the […]