Upgraded UH-60V Black Hawk completes Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E)
This upgrade will give the legacy UH-60L the same glass cockpit configuration of the new UH-60M. The U.S. Army has recently completed Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) of the…
“Let’s Talk About Engine Fires and Bold Face Procedures”: Fighter Pilot Comments Recent MiG-31 Crash
Having a fire on board is one of worst emergency conditions for a combat pilot. As we have already reported here at The Aviationist, a Kazakh MiG-31 “Foxhound” supersonic jet…
493rd Fighter Squadron Awarded The 2019 Raytheon Trophy as USAF’s Top Air Superiority Squadron
It’s the fourth straight year that the trophy is awarded to one of the squadrons based at RAF Lakenheath. The U.S. Air Force 493rd Fighter Squadron “Grim Reapers”, the only…
German MoD Confirms The Intention To Buy a Mixed Fleet of 45 F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler Aircraft
U.S. Secretary of Defense has been officially informed about the acquisition program by his German counterpart in an e-mail last week. About one month ago, we reported about the German…
Cockpit Footage Of BAF F-16 Intercepting Russian Fighters Flying Over USS Donald Cook Destroyer In The Baltic Sea
Belgian F-16s were dispatched to intercept Russian Su-24s, Su-27s and Su-30s maneuvering over US destroyer in the Baltics. In the late morning of Apr. 17, 2020, Belgian Air Force F-16s…
Cockpit Video Filmed From A Russian MiG-31 Escorting a Tu-95 Shows “Friendly” Encounter with NATO F-16
Interesting video from a Foxhound during a close encounter with an F-16. The video below was filmed from the cockpit of a MiG-31 escorting a Russian Tu-95MS as what appears…
