Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
In 1946, the U.S. Navy flew a fighter that couldn’t decide whether it belonged to the propeller age or the jet age — so it used both at once. The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark had a turboprop in the nose spinning a four-bladed propeller, and a turbojet buried in...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
The highest a jet has ever flown under its own power is not an American record, and it is nearly half a century old. On August 31, 1977, Soviet test pilot Alexandr Fedotov zoom-climbed a MiG-25 to 37,650 metres — 123,523 feet — and no air-breathing...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
China appears to be flight-testing not one but two sixth-generation fighters at once — and the lesser-known of the pair just resurfaced in fresh 2026 imagery. New footage and images circulating from facilities linked to Shenyang Aircraft Corporation show what...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Turkey wants its fifth-generation fighter to fly to war with a robot wingman on each shoulder. At the World Defense Show 2026, Turkish Aerospace Industries unveiled a manned-unmanned teaming concept that pairs the KAAN fighter with two Anka III stealth combat drones....
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress first flew on April 15, 1952. The youngest airframe in the fleet was delivered in October 1962. Every B-52 flying today is older than every crew member flying it — and many are older than the crew members’ parents. The Air Force...
Luftfahrtwelt, Im Inneren von MiGFlug
Eine Beschreibung, die von erfahrenen Kampfpiloten und Zentrifugenausbildern bestätigt wird: Bei 9G wiegt Ihr Blut neunmal so viel wie normal. Ihre Arme fühlen sich an, als wären sie mit nassem Zement gefüllt. Ihr Sichtfeld verengt sich von den Rändern her, bis Sie nur noch durch ein...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On February 20, 1959 — a day Canadians still call “Black Friday” — Prime Minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the most advanced interceptor on the planet, fired 14,500 people, and ordered every prototype destroyed. Then, for good measure, he had the...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Half a century ago, the Shah of Iran bought 80 American F-14A Tomcats and 633 AIM-54 Phoenix long-range missiles for $2 billion. It was the most advanced fighter deal the United States had ever made with a foreign country.Then came the revolution, the hostage crisis,...
Luftfahrtwelt, Militärische Luftfahrt
On May 31, 2026, CENTCOM issued a terse statement: Iran had shot down a “U.S. MQ-1 drone” over international waters. The U.S. responded with strikes on Iranian radar and drone command sites on Goruk and Qeshm Island.The internet immediately lost its mind....
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