Up Close And Personal With The Blackbird: An Exclusive Interview with Former Director of Worldwide SR-71 Operations
Former Director of The Fastest, Most Secretive Reconnaissance Program Lt. Col. Szczepanik Talks to The Aviationist. Only 86 pilots and 86 Reconnaissance Systems Operators (RSOs) in the world have flown…
Canada Has Received The First CC-295 Kingfisher Search And Rescue Aircraft
The CC-295 Will Replace The CC-115 Buffalo And CC-130H Hercules Currently Used For SAR The Royal Canadian Air Force received on September 25 the new CC-295W Kingfisher, as the Airbus…
Investigation Report Points To Landing Speed As Main Cause Of Loss Of F-35A At Eglin AFB Valued 176M USD
Contributing factors to the loss were Helmet Mounted Display misalignment; pilot's cognitive degradation due to fatigue and lack of systems knowledge on flight control logic. On Sept. 30, 2020, the…
The Fatal Crash of XV-5A Vertifan That Lead to The F-35B and V-22 Tiltrotor
Obscure XV-5A Vertifan Was The “Mistake” That Preceded Tiltrotors Like Osprey. It was a gateway design to both the F-35B STOVL (Short Take-Off and Verical Landing) variant and the V-22…
Let’s Have A Look At The GBU-39 SDB And APKWS Markings Sported By The F-16s Of The 510th FS “Buzzards”
Several spotters have noticed interesting weapon markings on some of the Buzzards "Vipers" deployed to the UK. Last week, the F-16s of the 31st Fighter Wing, from Aviano Air Base,…
ATAC Selected To Provide Adversary Training At Eglin Air Force Base
This contract adds to the other two awarded to the company for training at Luke and Holloman Air Force Bases As we reported in the past, the U.S. Air Force…
