German Typhoon pilots train hard (while other fighter pilots lose proficiency flying boring patrols over Libya)
While NATO and some partner's fighter jets continue with pretty boring patrol flights to enforce a Libyan No-Fly Zone that is slightly becoming useless (given the total lack of aerial…
Would modern transponders have made the hijacked planes visible to radars on 9-11?
As everybody know by now, on Sept. 11 2001, the first thing terrorists did as soon as they reached the cockpit of the four hijacked planes was turning the transponder…
9/11: A Fighter Pilot’s Account
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle pilot with the 494th Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, recalls September 11, 2001. Here's the article written by D.S. a US fighter pilot…
Updated: French Mirage 2000N carrying a live nuclear missile?
When I first saw the picture of a French Air Force Mirage 2000N carrying an ASMP-A nuclear missile during a test flight at Istres taken by Tucano13800 and published by…
“Air Force One, you have fast movers your 7 o’clock”: The Presidential VC-25’s Journey Across The U.S. On 9/11
No escort during the attacks, 11 fighters when the airspace was completely free of airliners. Here's the second episode of the 9/11 series. The first one, titled US Air Defense…
US Air Defense’s Response To The September 11 Attacks: Known And Unknown Facts
Everything you need to know to understand what happened in the skies over NYC and the eastern U.S. during and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Even though everybody know what…
