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…
Syrian SAM (surface to air missile) reportedly downed Israeli drone
Although the event was not reported by Syria's official news agency SANA, several Syrian and Israeli news outlets have been reporting that an Israeli drone was downed near the Syrian…
[Video] F-35 sensor capable of detecting hostile ground fire
The Distributed Aperture System (DAS) is going to be one of the key sensors of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Developed by Northrop Grumman, the electro-optical DAS (EO…
