Pilots explain how the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger intercepted Soviet bombers in the 1950s
The Convair F-102 was a delta-winged interceptor, that became the standard Air Defense Command (ADC) fighter starting in mid 1956. Nicknamed Delta Dagger, the Convair F-102, which was referred to…
Air Drop over Iraq as seen from a RAF Tornado’s Litening Reconnaissance Pod
A humanitarian aid air drop as you have never seen it. The following footage was filmed by a Litening III reconnaissance pod of a British Tornado GR4 aircraft during a…
Close call: two Turkish Air Force NF-5 jets almost collide during aerobatic display
Two NF-5s belonging to the Turkish aerobatics team, Turkish Stars, almost collided over Konya, during a display practice. Filmed in 2009, the following video shows two NF-5 of the Turkish…
Russian Su-34 attack planes “conquered” the North Pole. Mig-31 interceptors prepare to.
Four Su-34 Fullback bombers have reached the North Pole. Mig-31 Foxhounds prepare to. In what is another sign of the renewed interest for the Arctic, four Russian Sukhoi Su-34 bombers…
An unusual view of Exercise Red Flag at Night, from Nevada Desert
The night operations have become a mainstay of Red Flag. Given most modern air campaigns begin with night operations, these Red Flag exercises are a valuable training opportunity for pilots…
U.S. airborne communication plane could be tracked on the Web for 9 hours during air strike that killed Taliban leaders in Afghanistan
At least seven Taliban militants were killed following a NATO air raid Afghanistan. Noteworthy, a sign of the developing operation may have been a U.S. Air Force E-11A BACN plane…