A fighter pilot is a military aviator who is specially licensed, after training, to engage in air-to-air, and often air-to-ground combat while in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting (close...
The main technology that a military aircraft takes advantage of to lock on and track an enemy aircraft is its onboard mounted radar. Aircraft monitors generally have two modes: search and track. In search mode, the radar sweeps a radio beam across the sky in a zig-zag...
Throughout the Cold War the Soviet Union and the United States were constantly trying to check each other’s military power. This drive for each country to outdo the other led to some truly bizarre pieces of military hardware. The Bartini Beriev...
The MiG-15 was the great soviet interceptor, of its day. It still is one of the best ever jets made by Mikoyan-Gurevich, as proved by various pilots from around the globe. And not only does the North Korean Air Force still operate MiG-15s, but there is also some in...
A typical pilot. A fighter jock (Pilot) is quite an abnormal phenomenon. He would have a weird fascination for flying boots, money gambling, cigars (bigger meaning better), and breaking simple glasses. A typical pilot likes flying single stick fighters only,...
The Mach Loop is a set of valleys, located between Dolgellau in the north, and Machynlleth, from where the Mach Loop gets its name, in the south, which is used regularly for low altitude training flights, with flying to heights as low as 250 feet/76 metres from the...
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) said on Wednesday during an announcement, that it has picked the Boeing commercial 747-8 airliner to replace its current, presidential aircraft, one of the most visible symbols of the United States. First of all – let’s have a...
Strategic & tactical capabilities The brand new A400M has been designed cautiously to meet the contemporary equipment transport needs of modern armed forces around the world. The A400M is capable of undertaking missions which previously required two, or more,...
Even though the Pentagon has been adamant with claims that none of the 4000 American troops in Iraq are involved in combat, US jets have been flying several attack sorties against Islamic State (ISIS) militants. But what exactly consists of a mission in getting the...
The world’s largest aircraft to date – The Antonov 225 Mriya; The Ukrainian word for ‘Dream’. This humongous aircraft was primarily built to carry the Soviet Space Shuttle (Buran). With six Ivchenko Progress D-18T turbofan engines, it can carry up to...
Construction of weapons is one of the world’s biggest industries, annually 1.735 trillion $US is spent on weapons over the globe. The biggest weapon companies are non-surprisingly situated in the US and Russia, two of the former Cold War enemies. Now, in 2014,...
The Top Ten fastest planes in the World Before we start – here is a nice video showing you the 10 fastest planes in the world: There are very many aircraft that have exceeded the speed of Mach 2.0. Some of them are research aircraft, some are military and some...
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