‘I’d rather go to war in a Typhoon than in an F-18 (Super) Hornet’ Aussie exchange pilot says
"I'd rather go to war in a Typhoon than in a F-18 Hornet". This alleged Australian exchange pilot's statement is one of the most interesting outcomes (and marketing slogans) of…
Iran seizes a U.S. Stealth Drone by taking over controls. Maybe… And what about that Predator virus?
According to the Iranian Fars news agency, on Dec. 4, Iran's army downed a U.S. remotely controlled spyplane, along the country’s eastern border. Although no image of the wreckage was…
Have you ever seen a Tornado-like spinning vortex on a Typhoon? Just phase transition thermodynamics
I'm pretty sure many of this weblog's readers have already seen this phenomenon generated at the air intake of an F-16. There is also a quite famous image of a…
Computer viruses, mysterious bomb blasts, assassinations and PSYOPS: Israel's stealth war on Iran already begun?
When writing about Iran's nuclear weapons program, many analysts and journalists seem to forget that, although not of the type one might expect, the attack against Tehran nuke sites has…
US Air Combat Command cancels all single-ship demo teams except one: "the F-22 is good for air shows. All other combat planes are good for war"
As a consequence of the global financial crisis, the US Air Command Command has decided to scale back from the six demonstration teams (A-10 East & West, F-16 East &…
Impressive video: behind the scenes of world’s largest aerobatic display team. Flying with the Frecce Tricolori 10-ship formation
Even while most people like to attend air shows to see aerobatic display teams performances, they usually don’t know what happens inside the formation, which are the main roles of…
