This Photo Shows The Large Drag Chutes Needed To Slow Down The Russian Tu-160 Blackjack Bomber After Landing
The three chutes deploy from the tail of the "White Swan" to reduce the landing roll. Many aircraft still use such braking system. The Russian Ministry of Defense has recently…
Looks Like Poland Wants To Replace Its Soviet-era MiG-29 And Su-22 Jets With The F-35 At Any Cost
Is Poland Getting the F-35 in its Harpia Program? In early April, Vice-Admiral Mathias Winter, representing the US DoD, suggested, at the House of Representatives, that the US is considering…
Three Weeks After Issues Were Identified With B-1’s Escape Systems, The U.S. Air Force “Lancer” Fleet Remains Grounded
The "Bones" are still grounded as a consequence of a routing inspection of the B-1B drogue chute system. On Mar. 28, 2019, the Air Force Global Strike Command, that manages…
Check Out The Photographs Of This Belgian F-16 Sporting A Pretty Unusual, Special “Rusty” Tiger Tail
The aircraft will take part in NATO Tiger Meet 2019 at Mont-de-Marsan, France, next month. NATO Tiger Meet (NTM) is a multinational mid-size exercise that gathers squadrons sporting Tiger (or…
New Chinese Media Campaign Rolls Back Curtain of Secrecy on Their Air Forces.
Videos Produced for Western Media Provide Unprecedented Look at Chinese Forces. Chinese state media outlet CGTN (China Global Television Network) has recently started an unprecedented campaign of documentary videos featuring…
Tracking U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon Aircraft Missions Across The Mediterranean Region
VP-9 "Golden Eagles" Poseidons currently deployed to NAS Sigonella, Italy, are quite busy these days. Four P-8 Poseidon aircraft belonging to U.S. Navy's Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), from Naval Air…
