RQ-4 Global Hawk in shock cancellation news: old planes better than new?
Is new better than old? It would seem not. Industry insiders have leaked that the Pentagon is to cancel the RQ-4 Global Hawk program not just stopping buying new aircraft…
"The F-35 remains essential to the future of air superiority" Panetta says. And Lockheed Martin reassures: "we will solve all JSF problems."
On Jan. 26, several hours before U.S. SECDEF Leon Panetta would say the Joint Strike Fighter remains a DoD top priority program "essential to the future of air superiority", Charles…
China's J-18 Snowy Owl: Myth or Reality?
Over the past year or so, rumours on the Internet have persisted that China has been building a stealthy STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) aircraft in a similar vein…
F-35 First Night Flight video
On Jan. 19, 2012, the Lockheed Martin F-35A CTOL (Convetional Take Off and Landing) performed its very first night flight launching from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Piloted by Lockheed…
[Updated] U.S. Special Forces raid in Somalia: no need for stealth choppers so did they parachute from a C-17?
Update Jan. 25 15:33GMT In the night between Jan. 24 and 25 a US joint Special Forces team (including the Navy SEALs) team freed two Western workers kidnapped in Somalia…
If you wondered why a C-5 Galaxy performed the flyover at Gillette Stadium before the AFC Championship game.
On Sunday Jan. 22, a C-5 Galaxy (#86-0023) using callsign "Rodd 10" performed a flyover for the AFC Championship game between New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens. Used to fast…
