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Military Aviation

Watch Shock Diamonds and Mach Disks Form In The Exhaust Plume Of An F-15E’s Engine

Shock Diamonds and Mach Disks in jet engines exhaust can be particularly evident and fascinating at night. The video below shows RAF Lakenheath's Propulsion Test Cell during a test of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2020
F-35

U.S. and Israeli Air Force Carry Out First Bilateral F-35 Exercise in Israel (With No Face-Face Activity Due To COVID19)

"Enduring Lightning" saw the IAF F-35Is and USAF F-35As operate together in the first bilateral US-Israeli 5th generation exercise over the skies of Israel. On Sunday Mar. 29, the F-35I…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 30, 2020
Military Aviation

Snow Eagles: Japanese Air Self Defense Force’s F-15J/DJ Operations At Chitose Air Base

A visit to 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron (Hikotai) of the JASDF based at Chitose Air Base, in Hokkaido Japan. The 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron is a unit of the 2nd…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 29, 2020
Helicopters

Bell 360 Invictus and Sikorsky Raider X Selected For the next phase of Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program

The two companies will build their final prototypes and face a fly-off competition in 2023. The U.S. Army Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team on March 25, 2020 selected the two…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
March 28, 2020
Aviation Safety

Russian Su-27 Pilot Dies Following Ocean Rescue in Difficult Conditions.

Rescued Pilot of Su-27 Did Not Survive After Being Pulled from Ocean. The pilot of a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO codename “Flanker”) that crashed on March 25, 2020, over the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
March 27, 2020
Military Aviation

First Marine F-35C squadron received Safe-For-Flight Operations Certification

VMFA-314 can now operate independently from its new homebase at MCAS Miramar. The first F-35C squadron of the United States Marine Corps, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, received on…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
March 27, 2020
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