Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Share this story With 36,183 examples built, the Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik is the most-produced military aircraft in history — and arguably the most important ground-attack platform of the Second World War. Soviet infantry called it “the flying tank.” German...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Share this story The Convair B-58 Hustler was the world’s first operational supersonic bomber — a Mach 2 delta-wing marvel that could outrun every interceptor of its era. It was also one of the most dangerous aircraft in the United States Air Force inventory,...
Mundo de la aviación, Aviación militar
Share this story A fighter pilot pulling 7G in a turning engagement has roughly three seconds to acquire a target, compute a firing solution, and press the trigger. Looking down at cockpit instruments during those three seconds means looking away from the threat — and...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Share this story A naval drone that costs roughly $200,000 can now launch its own swarm of first-person-view attack drones while underway at sea. The Sea Baby unmanned surface vessel — a remotely piloted maritime platform with a 1,500-kilometre range — has evolved...
Mundo de la aviación, Historia y leyendas
NASA’s X-59 QueSST aircraft, the direct descendant of the SSBD programme, broke the sound barrier for the first time in June 2026 — designed to produce a gentle thump instead of a thunderclap. (NASA) If you have ever seen a photo of the Shaped Sonic Boom...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Un C-130J Super Hercules en una base de operaciones avanzada. El Hercules ha sido la columna vertebral del transporte aéreo táctico durante siete décadas, pero la Fuerza Aérea ahora planea su eventual reemplazo. (Fuerza Aérea de EE. UU. / Wikimedia Commons) En algún lugar del Pacífico occidental,...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Somewhere in China’s vast defence-industrial complex, a missile is being built that could fundamentally change the arithmetic of air combat over the Pacific. The PL-16 — Beijing’s next-generation beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile — has never been...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Kelly Johnson diseñó el F-104 Starfighter con un único propósito: ascender rápidamente, volar a gran altitud y derribar bombarderos soviéticos antes de que llegaran a las ciudades estadounidenses. El ingeniero de Lockheed encuestó a pilotos de cazas durante la Guerra de Corea en 1951 y concluyó que lo que buscaban no era otro avión pesado...
Aviación militar, Noticias
A Bengaluru startup has just thrown India’s hat into the ring of autonomous combat aviation. Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace (FWDA) has unveiled the FWD Supreme — an AI-piloted fighter concept designed to fly, fight, and make tactical decisions without a...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Share this story One question has shadowed China’s J-36 since it first flew: a tailless aircraft can be stealthy and stable, but can it actually manoeuvre? New footage circulating online appears to answer it. The big, three-engined sixth-generation prototype is...
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