Photo: U-2 spyplane gets Christmas decoration at Beale Air Force Base, California
Even the austere, spooky, U-2 spyplanes at Beale Air Force Base, California, got decorations for Christmas. The following image, shows a 9th Reconnaissance Wing's two-seater U-2 "Dragon Lady" with a…
Boeing P-8A Poseidon Approaches U.S. Navy Fleet Operations
The Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft is nearing fleet service with the U.S. Navy (USN). USN VP-16 is approaching completion of a training syllabus at…
If Iran has decoded all data in the captured U.S. stealth RQ-170 drone it’s no big deal
In the last of a series of similar claims, a senior Iranian commander announced that Tehran has just extracted all the data stored in the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone which…
How Does The F-16 Perform Against Its Adversaries In Dogfight?
The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is the western world's most prolific fighter of the last 40 years. Even though medium and long range air-to-air missiles, such as the AIM-7 Sparrow…
Video shows five hours of planes landing at San Diego in 25 seconds
The following video was brought to my attention by Roberto Petagna, a few days ago. It's a quite curious composite video created by photography and film professor Cy Kuckenbaker that…
F-22 Raptor scrapes tail on runway as it lands after Pearl Harbor flyover sustaining 1.8M in damage
An F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, 19th Fighter Squadron, U.S. Air Force, sustained 1.8 million USD in damage in a landing incident at…