Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
Quick Facts ManoeuvrePugachev’s Cobra PilotViktor Pugachev, Soviet test pilot AircraftSukhoi Su-27 (first demonstration); later performed in MiG-29 First Public Demo1989 Paris Air Show, Le Bourget Angle of Attack90–120 degrees — nose pulled past vertical...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Quick Facts ProgrammeGlobal Combat Air Programme (GCAP) PartnersUnited Kingdom, Italy, Japan Lead CompanyEdgewing (BAE Systems + Leonardo + JAIEC) First Contract Value£686 million (~$912 million) Contract TypeBridge contract through June 2026 Target Delivery2035...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Quick Facts TeamU.S. Navy Blue Angels AircraftF/A-18E/F Super Hornet (6), C-130J Super Hercules “Fat Albert” (1) 2026 Season StatusMultiple shows cancelled; more cancellations expected ReasonHeightened base security (Iran war) + Fat Albert maintenance Fat...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Quick Facts OperationEpic Fury (ongoing since Feb 28, 2026) AircraftB-52H Stratofortress WeaponsGBU-31 JDAM (2,000 lb), GBU-38 JDAM (500 lb) CapacityUp to 20 × 2,000 lb JDAMs or 30 × 1,000 lb JDAMs SignificanceFirst overland B-52 bombing runs inside Iran Targets Hit...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
Informazioni rapideNazionalitàTedesco 🇩🇪Vittorie aeree15Aerei pilotatiFokker Eindecker E.IIIGuerrePrima guerra mondialeNato/Morto21 settembre 1890 – 18 giugno 1916 (25 anni)UnitàKEK Douai, Feldflieger-Abteilung 62 Max Immelmann — via Wikimedia Commons Ogni pilota che abbia mai tirato un aereo...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
Quick Facts DateSeptember 21, 1956 PilotThomas W. Attridge Jr., Grumman test pilot AircraftGrumman F11F-1 Tiger (BuNo 138620) LocationOff Long Island, New York ArmamentFour 20mm Colt Mk 12 cannons OutcomeAircraft destroyed; pilot survived with injuries The Grumman...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
On November 12, 1996, two aircraft occupied the same point in Indian airspace. In the seconds that followed, 349 people ceased to exist. It remains the worst midair collision in human history—a catastrophe born from language barriers, miscommunication, and a chain of...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
On December 26, 2025, Turkey’s Baykar proved something crucial about the future of warfare: precision-guided munitions fired from unmanned platforms now match anything launched from manned aircraft. The Bayraktar AKINCI, a 6-ton heavy combat drone, completed live-fire...
Mondo dell'aviazione, Aviazione militare
They aimed to launch a man out of an aircraft at 600 miles per hour and have him survive the journey. It was 1945, and James Martin, a British engineer, had set out to solve a problem that had killed countless pilots: when your fighter is hit and burning and you’re...
Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare
Over 11,000 built. More nations flew it than any supersonic fighter in history. The Soviets created something extraordinary: a machine so brutally efficient that seven decades later, it still haunts the skies of multiple continents. The MiG-21 Fishbed wasn’t the...
Aviazione militare, Notizia
Related: Countdown to the Moon: Artemis II Launches Today On April 1, 2026, NASA lit a rocket that sent two former Navy fighter pilots toward the Moon. Fifty years after Apollo, the first crewed orbit of the lunar surface since 1972 will be piloted by men who spent...
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