The F-14 Tomcats that never were vs F/A-18E/F Super Hornet: who would have won?
Several years since it was eventually retired from the U.S. Navy, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat remains one of the most loved planes by aviation enthusiasts. Any article about this iconic fighter plane,…
Unique Point of View: R-73 Missile Launch as seen from the pylon of a Russian Su-27 Flanker
Cool photo of a Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 Archer). The R-73 is an infrared homing (heat-seeking), short-range missile with a sensitive, cryogenic cooled seeker that can "see" targets…
Stunning Photographs of the Polish MiG-29s and Italian Typhoons of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing
Amazing shots of the NATO interceptors over Lithuania The photos in this post were taken over Lithuania, at the beginning of February, thanks to a cooperation between the Lithuanian Air…
Video: How the UK QRA responded to Soviet intruders at the times of the Phantom
Here's UK Quick Reaction Alert in the 1970s. UK's air defense was once again put to the test by two Russian strategic bombers that flew off Cornwall during a routine…
Listen to Russian Strategic Bombers talk to their Ground Control while skirting UK airspace
Here is an interesting six-minute-long message recorded using a high frequency radio. On Feb. 18, two Russian Air Force Tu-95MS Bear bombers on a long-range patrol flew close to the…
[Video] Russian strategic bomber films British and French jets escorting it
British and French fighter jets shadow a Russian Tu-95 bomber, and surprisingly the footage is recorded by the crew members of the Tu-95. Here is an interesting video filmed from…
