Are Low-Cost “COIN” Air Forces the Future of Tactical Air Power?
For Nations Without Big Defense Budgets, Small Tactical Air Forces are the Trend. Small, inexpensive, easy to operate combat aircraft with precision strike capability and long loiter times to provide…
A fighter pilot joins The Aviationist’s team: welcome on board “Gonzo”!
We have a new writer. A Fighter Jock, an Instructor Pilot, an Aggressor, with 3,000 flying hours and actual combat experience. Be ready for some really cool stories. I met…
The First Ever Jet Airstrikes. A titanic failure for the Germans.
The First Ever Jet Airstrike Was a Disaster. Here’s The Bizarre Story. When gunners spot them, they are stunned: their speed. No propellers. From out of the northeast, rocketing down…
Syria claims it shot down an Israeli combat plane; Israel denies: dissecting the latest IAF strike on Damascus
According to a Syrian Army statement, an Israeli jet involved in a raid over Syria was shot down. The Israeli Air Force denies. Early in the morning on Mar. 17,…
Business Jet Hurled Into Uncontrollable Dive By A380 Wake Near Oman
Wake turbulence flips Challenger jet upside down. Crew survives after emergency landing. In a bizarre incident that occurred on Jan. 7, 2017 and has been made public last week, a…
Six Italian Typhoons are deploying to Keflavik to support NATO’s Iceland Air Policing Mission
The Italian Eurofighter Typhoons are deploying to Iceland to provide Iceland's air defense duties. From Mar. 16 to mid-April 2017, a detachment of six Eurofighter Typhoons belonging to all the…
