Mundo de la aviación, Aviación militar
The handle is between your legs. You have been told about it in training, shown diagrams, watched videos. But nothing prepares you for the moment you actually reach for it. In that fraction of a second, you are making the most consequential decision of your flying...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
On February 2, 1970, somewhere over the frozen plains of Montana, Captain Gary Foust of the 71st Fighter Interceptor Squadron had a problem that no amount of skill could solve. His F-106A Delta Dart — a supersonic interceptor designed to hunt Soviet bombers at the...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
On the morning of March 6, 1990, two men strapped themselves into the most advanced aircraft ever built. One sat in front, the other behind. Both knew what they were about to do: fly the fastest airplane in history for the last time.Lieutenant Colonel Ed Yeilding and...
Aviación militar, Noticias
On April 8, at Korean Air’s Tech Centre in Busan, a drone with a 26-metre wingspan rolled out of the hangar to polite applause, official speeches, and a significance that went far beyond the ceremony. South Korea has just unveiled its first indigenous strategic-class...
Aviación militar, Noticias
On April 2, two sleek business jets took off from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, and turned southeast toward the Middle East. They looked like executive transports — smooth fuselages, swept wings, the unmistakable silhouette of a Gulfstream G550. But serial...
Aviación militar, Noticias
On the night of March 27, a group of American military aircraft was already airborne, heading east across the Atlantic toward the Mediterranean, when word came through from Rome: they could not land at Sigonella. Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto had...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Somewhere in southwestern Syria, near the ancient city of Suwayda, a piece of technology that was never supposed to touch the ground in one piece is sitting in someone’s hands. Videos circulating on social media since April 6 show what appears to be the infrared...
Aviación militar, Noticias
At approximately 1 PM Pacific Time on April 6, the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype to crash did so in the Californian desert — and the entire programme felt the shockwave. General Atomics’ YFQ-42A “Dark Merlin,” a jet-powered drone...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
There is no fighter in the history of aerial combat that can match the F-15 Eagle’s record. One hundred and four confirmed air-to-air kills. Zero losses to enemy fighters. Not a single combat loss in air-to-air engagements across more than 50 years of operations...
Aviación militar, Noticias
La guerra espacial ya no es ciencia ficción. Es política industrial. El Informe Global de Capacidades Antiespaciales de 2026, publicado por la Secure World Foundation, presenta un panorama desolador: trece naciones están desarrollando activamente armas y sistemas diseñados para inhabilitar...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
On April 8, 2026, a ghost emerged from the waters off Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture. In just three meters of shallow sea, searchers recovered the Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-Kai—”Violet Lightning”—a Japanese fighter that had been lost to the waves for 81...
Aviación militar, Noticias
The Trump administration’s FY2027 defence budget is a masterclass in strategic betting. At $1.5 trillion—with the base budget breaching $1 trillion for the first time ever—it’s less about growth and more about ruthless prioritization. While some weapons...
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