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What exactly is a fighter jock?

What exactly is a fighter jock?

Aviation World, Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets

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,...
Fighter Jet Size in Comparison

Fighter Jet Size in Comparison

Aviation World, Fighter Flights, History & Legends, Inside MiGFlug, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, World Records Aviation

Every fighter fan probably had this experience already – one gets to see a fighter jet in a museum, at an airshow or – the coolest way – during a fighter jet ride with MiGFlug. And once one is getting closer – it’s like *boah* how huuuge...
How They Built the SR-71 Blackbird

How They Built the SR-71 Blackbird

Aviation World, Bomber aircrafts, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets

These jaw dropping images show how engineers in 1960s California discreetly developed the SR-71 Blackbird for the US Air Force – a plane which up till today still holds the record for being the fastest ever aircraft to fly. The aircraft had been built by American...
USAF joining F-22s with F-35s to maximize its 5th generation capabilities

USAF joining F-22s with F-35s to maximize its 5th generation capabilities

Aviation World, Experimental Aircraft, F22 Raptor, F35, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, News, Stealth Fighter Jets

Four F-22 Raptors which belong to the 94th Fighter Squadron recently began joint training with the locally based F-35A Lightning IIs from the 58th Fighter Squadron. The joint training was targeted at improving integration between the two most advanced radar-evading...
Red Flag Military Exercise at Nellis AFB

Red Flag Military Exercise at Nellis AFB

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What is Red Flag? Red Flag is an aerial combat training exercise which is hosted at Nellis AFB and Eielson AFB. Red Flag exercise is the successor of the Cope Thunder exercise. The Red flag training mission was established in 1975 as one of the initiatives directed by...
United States Air Force looking to turn on to Supersonic Mercenaries

United States Air Force looking to turn on to Supersonic Mercenaries

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One of the largest air forces is dealing with more missions than ever before. In fact, they are calling in some military contractors to fly their jets. The US Air Force is being forced to consider recruiting air contractors due to the fact that they simply don’t have...
The Airbus A400M Atlas

The Airbus A400M Atlas

Aviation World, Experimental Aircraft, Military Aviation

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,...
The largest Aircraft in the World – AN-225

The largest Aircraft in the World – AN-225

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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...
The largest 25 defense companies in the world

The largest 25 defense companies in the world

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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 10 Fastest Aircraft in the World

The 10 Fastest Aircraft in the World

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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...
The fastest (rocket-) plane in the World – X-15

The fastest (rocket-) plane in the World – X-15

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There have been countless aircraft capable of flying faster than the speed of sound. Some have reached twice that, and a few as high as three times the speed of sound. But there is one rocket plane to rule them all. An aircraft that was introduced in 1959, flew so...
Energy weapons – The weaponry of tomorrow is already here

Energy weapons – The weaponry of tomorrow is already here

Aviation World, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, News, Stealth Fighter Jets

High energy lasers capable of taking out missiles and enemy aircraft from great distances. That’s what the weapons are in Star Trek in the 23rd century. But that’s not the only place where you will find lasers because they can be found here, on earth, today. Lockheed...
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