Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, News, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been widely debated since well before its first flight in 2006. The project has cost over 1 trillion dollars so far and is expected to reach over 1.5 trillion during its lifetime. But an aircraft costing this much money can...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space
The American F-35 Lightning II built by Lockheed Martin has been under great debate for over a decade. The development of the second US 5th-generation fighter is currently projected to cost over $1 trillion — yes, with a “t.” It is certainly expensive, but is it worth...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Tech & Space, 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...
Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space, 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...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space
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...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space
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...
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