How the “Black Jet” became the “Gray Dragon”
The story of the only gray F-117 stealth plane. The Lockheed F-117A was not only the world’s first operational stealth aircraft, but also one of the most secret plane ever…
“Iran has downed another foreign drone,” but it’s only a bad translation
It looks like a bad translation was the cause of the news that Iran had captured another foreing drone during "Great Prophet 8" drills conducted in southern Iran on Feb.…
Entire fleet of F-35 stealth fighters grounded by new engine problem
On Feb. 22, the Pentagon decided to suspend the flights of all Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter planes after a crack was found on a turbine blade of a…
[Video] French Air Force Mirage F1 air-to-air firing campaign
The following cool video shows the Mirage F1 jets of the Escadron de Reconnaissance 2/33 "Savoie" of the French Air Force from Mont-de-Marsan involved in their last air-to-air firing campaign…
“Raptor’s thrust vectoring not essential” Eurofighter pilot says in last chapter of the F-22 vs Typhoon saga
Is Thrust Vectoring really important in air-to-air combat? It depends... A couple of weeks ago, an experienced Eurofighter Typhoon industry test pilot wrote to The Aviationist to respond to a…
[Photo Gallery] Typhoons and F-16s at the Winter Hide 2013 exercise
The following images were taken at Grosseto airbase, by The Aviationist’s photographers Giovanni Maduli and Alex Fucito. They show Royal Danish Air Force F-16s, belonging to the Esk 730 from…
