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...
We’ve lately been talking about aircraft which have gone for combat several times. Now we’ve been thinking of some statistics of various fighter aircraft in use. Below you can find the details – but first of all we would like to show you an overview,...
The aircraft Its first flight was on December 30, 1947 with the original British engine, later manufactured as “Klimov RD-45″. The first MiG-15 manufactured in series appears in December of 1948 and the first Regiments of MiG-15 are ready for 1949....
As this article is being written, two of the largest constituent states of the old Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ukraine, and Russia, are getting ready to go to war. But as these two former relatives stare down on each other, one lightning-fast weapon most...
A lot of real world military aircraft have appeared in several movies. These appearances show the popularity of the aircraft with the general public. They also get the opportunity to showcase their capabilities to the public. We aviation geeks from around the world...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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