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What is Red Flag? Red Flag is an aerial combat training exercise which is hosted at Nellis AFB and Eielson AFB. Red Flag exercise is the successor of the Cope Thunder exercise. The Red flag training mission was established in 1975 as one of the initiatives directed by...
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One of the largest air forces is dealing with more missions than ever before. In fact, they are calling in some military contractors to fly their jets. The US Air Force is being forced to consider recruiting air contractors due to the fact that they simply don’t have...
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Strategic & tactical capabilities The brand new A400M has been designed cautiously to meet the contemporary equipment transport needs of modern armed forces around the world. The A400M is capable of undertaking missions which previously required two, or more,...
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The world’s largest aircraft to date – The Antonov 225 Mriya; The Ukrainian word for ‘Dream’. This humongous aircraft was primarily built to carry the Soviet Space Shuttle (Buran). With six Ivchenko Progress D-18T turbofan engines, it can carry up to...
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Construction of weapons is one of the world’s biggest industries, annually 1.735 trillion $US is spent on weapons over the globe. The biggest weapon companies are non-surprisingly situated in the US and Russia, two of the former Cold War enemies. Now, in 2014,...
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The Top Ten fastest planes in the World Before we start – here is a nice video showing you the 10 fastest planes in the world: There are very many aircraft that have exceeded the speed of Mach 2.0. Some of them are research aircraft, some are military and some...
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There have been countless aircraft capable of flying faster than the speed of sound. Some have reached twice that, and a few as high as three times the speed of sound. But there is one rocket plane to rule them all. An aircraft that was introduced in 1959, flew so...
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High energy lasers capable of taking out missiles and enemy aircraft from great distances. That’s what the weapons are in Star Trek in the 23rd century. But that’s not the only place where you will find lasers because they can be found here, on earth, today. Lockheed...
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During the 1950s the Americans saw a pressing need for a reconnaissance aircraft to spy on the Soviets during the Cold War. They had been using old bombers and modified RB-47s, but the Russians had significantly improved their anti-aircraft defence systems and...
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The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest air-breathing jet ever flown, was a masterpiece when it was introduced in 1966. But now, almost 50 years later, the creator of the Blackbird – Lockheed Martin’s Skunkworks – may be building the next-generation Blackbird....
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The fastest air-breathing Aircraft To start with – there is a nice video of (former) Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson explaining the fastest plane in the world – Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Airplanes. They come in many different shapes and sizes, materials...
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The Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA – PAK FA means Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation – is a milestone in Russian aircraft production. From what has been seen, it is believed to be a fifth-generation aircraft with stealth features, big internal weapon...
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