From The Cockpit: C-2A COD Pilot Performs His First ‘Shit Hot Break’
Did you know even C-2 Greyhound aircraft perform the famous "Shit Hot Break"? The "break" is the tight turn performed by aircraft recovering aboard a carrier to enter the downwind…
‘Small Number’ Of U.S. And International F-35s Grounded After F-35B Incident At Fort Worth
Some Israeli and U.S. F-35s among the aircraft affected by a technical directive issued by the F-35 Joint Program Office. Some F-35s, including at least 11 F-35s of the Israeli…
The Italian Air Force Has Retired Its MQ-1C Predator A+ RPAS
The MQ-1C Predator A+ Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) has been retired after 18 years and +30,000 flight hours. On Dec. 19, 2022, with a transfer flight from the 61°…
Bow Shock Wave Caught On Camera As Starfighter Flies At Mach 1.7 Over Florida
Extremely interesting footage shows the bow shock wave around an F-104 Starfighter flying supersonic. As already explained in a previous article, Piercarlo “Capone” Ciacchi is the Director of Flight Operations at…
Reflecting On The X-37B’s Latest Record-Breaking Mission
The unmanned spaceplane returned to Earth after spending an impressive 908 days in orbit. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle successfully deorbited and landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing…
Poland Moves All Its MiG-29 Fulcrums to Malbork Air Base
MiG-29 Days at the Minsk Mazowiecki Base Are Over After 33 Years. The rumors have now been confirmed. For quite some time now, the Polish military aviation community knew that…
