Aviation World, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, UAV
There are a lot of very capable military forces in the world. One might expect the two largest (in terms of forces, not budget) to share many common features, but that is far from the case. The US and Russian militaries have focused on entirely different priorities...
Aircraft Carriers, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation
Before the Moskvas… Russia and former USSR have since the 1960’s been one of the world’s most active aircraft carrier builders. Only the US, UK, Japan, and France have had more of these vessels controlling their waters. Right after the Second World War, many...
Aircraft Carriers, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation
The Nimitz aircraft carrier. An enormous source of destruction, capable of delivering hundreds of tons of explosives to its enemy in under an hour, but it’s much more than that. Its 100,000 tons of steel, 18 floors below deck, and impressive 332-metre length amount to...
Aircraft Carriers, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation
The aircraft carrier is widely known to be a weapon of tremendous power but its shape and size are unlike anything else, and its features remain surprisingly unknown to most people. That is the reason why in this article we will look into the exterior of this...
Aircraft Carriers, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation
How the aircraft carrier idea started USS North Carolina (ACR-12) was the first naval vessel to launch an aircraft while UNDERWAY- in 1916, 25 years before the commissioning of the BB55, which is pictured. Eugene Ely takes off from a temporary ramp on the USS...
Aviation World, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, World Records Aviation
USAF and RuAF Fleet strength Let’s start with some heroic (and perhaps slightly biased) videos from both sides. The American video is further down. The US Air Force has been regarded as the world’s supreme air force since the end of the Second World War, but with...
Aviation World, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor has long been claimed to be the best air superiority fighter ever built, even before it was completed, American officials claimed that with its stealth technology it would outperform any fighter that stood in its way without even being...
Aviation World, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets
Boeing promotes F-35C Exit Strategy We have repeatedly covered the 5th-generation topic, asking whether these jets will be the last manned fighters before being replaced by UAVs. Articles about the topic can be found here (cost), here (UAVS vs jet fighters) or...
Fighter Flights, Inside MiGFlug, Military Aviation
MiGFlug Fighter flight locations worldwide Looking for a jet flight location near your home or holiday destination? On the map below, you can find an overview of MiGFlug fighter jet flight and zero-gravity flight locations. View MiGFlug – Flights in Fighter...
Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets, Inside MiGFlug, Military Aviation
The future of tourist fighter jet flying We recently published an article about the history of tourist fighter jet rides on this blog (see link resources at the end of the article). It was a brief summary of how these jet flights became available, and the political...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation
The inherited Soviet Fighter Jet East Germany (DDR) bought 20 MiG-29A and 4 MiG-29UB two seaters just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, for the Luftstreitkräfte der NVA (East German Air Force). They entered service in 1988 and 1989. After the German reunification in...
Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets, Inside MiGFlug, Military Aviation
Development of fighter jet rides It all started with the end of the Cold War and the downsizing of military services and air forces due to strained public finances in the former Eastern Bloc – the former communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. At this...
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