Monde de l'aviation, Aviation militaire
There’s a reason the most lethal fighter jets on Earth look like they were built in pairs. The twin vertical stabilizer isn’t decorative—it’s an engineering solution to a physics problem that becomes impossible to ignore once you’re pulling 9 Gs and dancing with...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
On September 6, 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko made a choice that would reshape Western understanding of Soviet aviation. He pointed the nose of his MiG-25 Foxbat toward Japan and flew. What the West would discover in that intercepted fighter would send shockwaves...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
In January 2026, two sleek silhouettes pierced a Chinese sky in perfect formation. The J-35A, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s answer to the F-35, had taken to the air. What appeared on video footage was a signal: China’s stealth program had moved from theoretical to...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
On a spring morning in 1983, Israeli pilot Zivi Nedivi was locked in a dogfight when an A-4 Skyhawk appeared in his six o’clock. The collision that followed should have been fatal. Instead, it became aviation’s most impossible survival story. The right wing of...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
On February 27, 2026, a Bolivian Air Force C-130H Hercules loaded with freshly printed banknotes touched down at El Alto International Airport — one of the highest commercial airports on Earth at 4,061 meters above sea level. It never stopped. The aircraft overran the...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
On June 3, 2026, a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier will lift off from the runway at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, hover for a moment in that unmistakable way only a Harrier can, and then touch down for the very last time. After more than four decades of service, the...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
A standard T-43A — the base airframe from which the heavily modified NT-43A was created. The secret version looks very different. (Photo: U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons) It’s a Boeing 737. Sort of. It has a bulging nose radome that makes it look like a...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
Quick FactsNationalityGerman 🇩🇪Aerial Victories40Aircraft FlownFokker Eindecker E.III, Albatros D.I/D.IIWarsWorld War IBorn / Died19 May 1891 – 28 Oct 1916 (age 25)UnitJagdstaffel 2 (founder) Albatros C.I ‘197-15’ (14212058469) — via Wikimedia Commons If...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Related: Dozens of Warthogs Gear Up for Iran Four weeks into the air campaign against Iran, the United States has struck more than 10,000 targets. Roughly 80 percent of Tehran’s integrated air defence network lies in ruins. Its navy has been functionally...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Today, we make aviation history. Not the ordinary kind — the kind where you need a pressure suit just to get dressed for your flight. MiGFlug is proud to announce that, effective immediately, we are adding the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird to our civilian flight experience...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
Quick Facts Program: Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) Replacing: Boeing T-45C Goshawk (in service since 1991) Aircraft needed: 216 new jet trainers EMD cost cap: ~$1.8 billion Contract award: March 2027 Competitors: Boeing T-7B, Lockheed/KAI TF-50N, Leonardo...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
Quick Facts Nationality French 🇫🇷 Aerial Victories 15 (6 officially confirmed) Aircraft Flown Blériot XI, Morane-Saulnier N Wars World War I Born / Died 13 Jun 1889 – 31 Aug 1915 (age 26) Unit MS26, MS49 Adolphe Pégoud — via Wikimedia Commons Before there were flying...
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