The Reason U.S. F-22 Stealth Jets and Russian Su-35S Flankers Are Shadow Boxing Over Syria May Have Nothing to Do with Syria
Are U.S. And Russia in Last-Minute Intelligence Grab Over Syria? International news media has been crackling with reports of intercept incidents between U.S. and Russian combat aircraft along the Middle…
Close Air Support Debate: We Go Inside an AC-130 to See if the Gunship is Still Relevant
The AC-130 Spectre Gunship Still Plays a Critical Role in America’s Close Air Support Capability. It is large, slow and vulnerable to air defense systems including increasingly effective man-portable SAMs.…
A Navy Academy Professor Did A Presentation On The Actual Stealthiness Of The (Fictional) MiG-31 Firefox
A Naval Aeronautics professor analyzed the stealthiness the MiG-31, the fictional aircraft of Clint Eastwood's techno-thriller action "Firefox" movie, in a presentation to General Dynamics and NASA. A couple of…
This Photo Shows A C-5A Galaxy After It Performed A Gear Up Landing At Travis AFB in 1983
A belly landing for a giant C-5 Galaxy. The photo in this post was taken by one of our readers, Tyll Parker, at Travis Air Force Base, California, in July…
U.S. F-22 Raptor Allegedly Interfered With Russian Su-25s Over Syria And “Chased Away” By Su-35S, Russian MoD Claims
A close encounter between an F-22, two Su-25s and one Su-35S occurred over Syria some weeks ago. Many things about the incident are yet to be explained though. CENTCOM: "There…
“We Did Barrel Rolls Around Tu-95s At The Request Of The Soviets”: USAF F-4 WSO Explains
Here are some memories from the Weapon Systems Officer who shot the famous photograph of the F-4 flying inverted near a Soviet Tu-95 Bear bomber. Last week we published a…
