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Military Aviation

Skunk Works Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Innovation and Secrecy

Lockheed Advanced Development Program Subverted Normal Channels On The Way to Innovation. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, the F-104 Starfighter, the U-2 spy plane, the SR-71 Blackbird and the D-21…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 14, 2018
Aviation Safety

Here’s the High Speed Test Track The U.S. Air Force Uses To Perform Simulated Ejections Of Anthropomorphic Test Devices

The 10-mile long Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) is a United States Air Force aerospace ground test facility used to perform a various variety of tests, including simulated ejections. Located…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 14, 2018
Military Aviation

U.S. Air Force A-10 Attack Aircraft Practice Landings And Take Offs From Rural Highway And Austere Runway In Estonia

U.S. A-10s Thunderbolt II aircraft deployed to Europe to take part in Sabre Strike 18 have conducted "rough field training" in Estonia. Thanks to its engines mounted far from the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 13, 2018
Aviation Safety

USAF F-15C Eagle Down Off Kadena, Japan: Pilot Rescued.

Condition of Pilot Unknown Following Rescue. It's the sixth USAF crash since the beginning of 2018. A USAF F-15C Eagle belonging to the 18th Wing at Kadena AB, Okinawa has…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 11, 2018
Aviation Safety

Video Shows Ukrainian Air Force Su-24MR Fencer Buzzing The Flight Line At An Airbase in Ukraine

Here's yet another ultra-low pass of a Ukrainian combat aircraft. The following footage was reportedly filmed in 2014. It shows a Su-24MR Fencer-E performing a low pass over the flight…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 10, 2018
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U.S. Navy Inducts MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Into Service Ahead Of First Operational Deployment to Guam

NBVC Point Mugu's first two Triton drones commence operations (with interesting tail markings). On May 31, Unmanned Patrol Squadron One Nine (VUP-19) DET Point Mugu hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 10, 2018
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