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May 25, 2019 Turkish Personnel Have Already Arrived in Russia To Begin Training on the S-400 “Triumf” Missile Systems Russia
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May 22, 2019 For The Second Day In A Row US F-22 Jets Intercept Russian Tu-95 Bombers And Su-35 Fighters Entering Alaskan ADIZ Russia

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Fighter Planes vs Racecars: same tech, same physical laws, same charm

November 11, 2011 David Cenciotti 3

Hands On Throttle And Stick, Variable Geometry Intakes, Movable Ailerons and Wings, Boundary Layer Control, etc. are only but few technologies common to Military Aviation and Formula One. Aerodynamics is also the same, even if […]

Is the F-35 stealth jet so advanced that it can be flown using one hand only? Picture raise question

November 10, 2011 David Cenciotti 2

Do you remember HOTAS (Hands On Throttle And Stick)? Ok, forget it. As the following Lockheed Martin picture shows, the F-35B, the (most costly) Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) version of the Joint […]