USS Iwo Jima would have been loaned to the Royal Navy if the British had lost one of their capital ships during the Falklands War
During the 1982 Falklands War (Malvinas for the Argentine people) the U.S. publicly claimed neutrality. But in secret, President Ronald Reagan’s administration had developed plans to loan a ship to…
Syria: Mig-21 firing rockets caught on tape
After watching several Mil Mi-8/17 Hip and Mil Mi-25 Hind gunship helicopters, L-39 combat trainers, Mig-23 fighter bombers and also some drones being employed by the Assadists against the rebels,…
Tony Scott Personally Paid 25K USD To Keep Aircraft Carrier On Course And Shoot The F-14s Backlit In Top Gun’s Opening Scene
A little known detail about director Tony Scott and the filming of the iconic Top Gun movie. One of the most interesting things about Tony Scott and Top Gun was…
Did Iran really get one or more F-16 fighter jets from Venezuela?
During the late '70s Iran ordered 160 F-16As. However, with the fall of the Shah in 1979, the order was cancelled and those aircraft were never delivered, although some tooling…
This may be the first video taken on board a Syrian Arab Air Force gunship helicopter during a mission against the rebels
Some Twitter followers pointed me to this video allegedly showing a Syrian Arab Air Force Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopter, armed with machine guns, on a mission over Syria against the…
Alaska’s F-22 stealth fighter jets became the first operational Raptors to drop GBU-39 small diameter bombs
The 3rd Wing F-22 stealthy multi-role fighters based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson became the first operational Raptor unit to drop GBU-39 small diameter bombs. It happened during exercise Combat Hammer,…
