Mondo dell'aviazione, Aviazione militare
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...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
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...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Space warfare is no longer science fiction. It’s industrial policy. The 2026 Global Counterspace Capabilities Report, released by the Secure World Foundation, paints a stark picture: thirteen nations are now actively developing weapons and systems designed to disable,...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
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...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
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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