New MQ-9 Block 1-plus drone makes first flight. With brand new cool wigtip antennas for secure communications
On Sept. 5, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), announced the successful first flight of the MQ-9 Block 1-plus. The new version of the world's most famous drone has taken…
The Royal Air Force to deploy Tornado fighter bombers in the United Arab Emirates
After the U.S. F-22 Raptor stealth fighters one in April, another deployment will take place in the United Arab Emirates (thus, not far from Iran), in the coming weeks. In…
Syrian rebels shot down another Mig-21 fighter jet
The following video, emerged on Sept. 4, shows the remains of a Syrian Arab Air Force Mig-21 shot down near Idlib. http://youtu.be/7kquGass0l0 The pilot lies near the tail of the…
NASA’s WB-57 Battlefield Airborne Communication Node gets new sensors, paint scheme for more clandestine missions
As already explained previously, NASA still operates the last two flying WB-57Fs, NASA 926 and 928. Both have been flying research missions since the early ’60s. They are based at…
“Air Force’s CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft accident report is a total distortion of the facts” top aviation expert says.
The Air Force Special Operations Command has released the results of the investigation into the Jun. 13, 2012 accident of a CV-22B. The tilt-rotor aircraft, which was assigned to the…
U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C crashes at NAS Fallon, Nevada. The last of a series of Hornet incidents
An F/A-18C operating over Naval Air Station Fallon Range training complex crashed into the desert on Sept. 1 at around 3.15pm local time. The jet, belonging to Marine Fighter Attack…
