Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
Northwest of Hanoi runs a long spine of mountains called the Tam Dao range. The men who flew the Republic F-105 Thunderchief against North Vietnam never called it that. They named it after their airplane — and after what happened to so many of them beside it. They...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Among the tall ships and grey hulls that filled New York Harbor for America’s 250th birthday, the strangest silhouette wasn’t a ship at all. Lashed to the flight deck of USS Nimitz, between rows of Super Hornets, sat a windowless grey machine with folded wings and no...
Monde de l'aviation, Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
On July 4, virtually everything in the US military that flies made an appearance over Washington. Three bombers in one formation. Eight Thunderbirds. A brand-new Air Force One with a Raptor escort. The one aircraft everybody on the internet was actually waiting for...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
On the afternoon of August 16, 1956, residents of the Los Angeles suburbs looked up to a strange and frankly alarming sight: two jet fighters chasing a lone, pilotless aircraft in tightening circles, hurling rockets at it — and missing, again and again, while the...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
The AGM-86B was designed when the Soviet Union still existed, gas cost about a dollar a gallon, and the B-52 crews loading it were younger than the bomber. More than four decades later, the United States has decided it cannot let the missile retire just yet. In 2026,...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Two companies. One contract. Decades of consequences. Sometime around August 2026, the US Navy is expected to decide who will build the F/A-XX — its sixth-generation carrier fighter and one of the most important American aircraft programmes of the century. The choice...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Pendant vingt ans, la réponse occidentale à la puissance aérienne chinoise a été simple : nos avions sont meilleurs. Les F-22 et F-35 surpassent en détection, en furtivité et en connectivité tout ce que Pékin peut déployer. Cela reste peut-être vrai pour chaque appareil pris individuellement. Mais cela pourrait bientôt ne plus avoir d’importance….
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
It is 107 degrees on the range tower at Gila Bend, and a photographer is shielding his camera in the shade between passes so it will not overheat. Then the sound arrives — that unmistakable, chest-rattling BRRRT — and an A-10C Thunderbolt II drops out of the Arizona...
À l'intérieur de MiGFlug, Nouvelles
Quelque part au large des côtes de Floride, à plus de mille kilomètres à l'heure, un homme portant un casque à oxygène a déballé un cheesesteak, en a pris une bouchée et a fait une grimace qu'on ne voit d'habitude que dans les montagnes russes. Apparemment, c'est ça qu'il faut maintenant pour vendre un sandwich….
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
The first eight came in before sunset on 1 July, dropping onto RAF Lakenheath’s runway one after another. The last three arrived in the dark, their names unreadable. Eleven F-15E Strike Eagles of the 48th Fighter Wing, home from the Iran air war — and...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
One photo, two aircraft, and a very large hint about the future of air combat. On 1 July, Pacific Air Forces posted imagery of a US Air Force F-15EX Eagle II flying over the Philippine Sea in close formation with something no American fighter had been photographed...
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