Mali Air War: inside a Harfang drone ground control station
The Harfang is a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system that undertakes ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) missions in support of Operation Serval in Mali. The UAV has been…
AgustaWestland unveils Project Zero, the world’s first electric powered unmanned tilt-rotor aircraft
The aircraft is built in the tilt-rotor technology, with rotors that can be rotated 90 degrees in order to change configuration from VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) to conventional,…
Red Flag’s “Red Air”: Badass F-15 and F-16 Aggressor fighter jets at Nellis Air Force Base
The Aggressors’ F-15s and F-16s are the most famous and very well known planes of the Nellis' 57th Wing. These combat planes with Air Force’s 64th and 65th AGRS (Aggressor…
How many F-16 jets can you count in this photograph?
This image, sent to me by Ulaşcan Yüksel, shows an impressive lineup of Turkish Air Force F-16C fighter planes on an airbase in Turkey. I think 31 "Vipers" (F-16's nickname…
“F-35 super stealth plane will get pilots shot down in aerial combat” new leaked report says
According to an article published by the Washington Times, the F-35A, the Conventional Take Off and Landing version of the Joint Strike Fighter, would be defeated in aerial combat because…
What happens if a drone hits your plane midair? Here’s a detailed analysis
On Mar. 4, 2013, at approximately 1:15 p.m. LT, the pilot of Alitalia Flight AZ608, a Boeing 777 registered "EI-ISE", flying from Rome Fiumicino to New York John F. Kennedy…
