Neos’ Brand New Boeing 787 Escorted By The Frecce Tricolori Display Team Over Dolomites Mountains During Inaugural Flight
Neos first Boeing B787-9 flew in formation with four MB339PAN of the Frecce Tricolori display team during a special flight ahead of the first revenue flight. On Dec. 19, 2017,…
“We Always Managed To Get Behind US-led Coalition Fighter Jets Encountered Over Syria” Cocky Russian Pilot Says
"We always found ourselves ‘on their tails’ as the pilots say, which means victory in a dogfight.” Just the latest chapter of Russia's hybrid warfare in Syria? Close encounters between…
The Incredible B-2 Wing Flutter Video and What It Means.
Test Video Shows Interesting Structural Capabilities of Advanced Aircraft Like B-2. This remarkable video of a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber undergoing wing flutter testing on June 14, 1995…
Su-27 Inside Area 51, WC-135 Nuke Sniffer Saga, Iran’s Stealth Jet Update, And Much More: The Aviationist’s Top Stories Of 2017
The five top stories of The Aviationist provide the readers the opportunity to virtually review what happened in 2017. Ordered by pageviews, the following 5 posts got the most reads…
California ANG’s 144th FW Launched 16 F-15 Eagle Jets In The Wing’s First Ever Large-Scale Aircraft Generation Exercise
California Air National Guard's "Quick Draw" exercise put the 144th Fighter Wing's readiness to test. On Dec. 21, the 144th Fighter Wing, based at California Air National Guard Base Fresno,…
U.S. Marine Corps Planning F-35B Deployment to CENTCOM Area Of Responsibility To Get “First Taste Of Combat” In 2018
The USMC may have their "baptism of fire" with the F-35B next year. The F-35B, the STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) variant of the Lightning II 5th generation aircraft…
