Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was never the fastest, highest-climbing, or most manoeuvrable fighter of the Second World War. What it was, in every theatre from North Africa to China to the Aleutians, was available — and in the hands of pilots who understood its strengths,...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
The Convair B-58 Hustler was the world’s first operational supersonic bomber — a Mach 2 delta-wing marvel that could outrun every interceptor of its era. It was also one of the most dangerous aircraft in the United States Air Force inventory, killing more than...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On the morning of 3 July 1988, Iran Air Flight 655 lifted off from Bandar Abbas International Airport bound for Dubai — a routine 28-minute hop across the Strait of Hormuz. Seven minutes later, the Airbus A300 was falling out of the sky in pieces, struck by two SM-2...
Luftfahrtwelt, Militärische Luftfahrt
A fighter pilot pulling 7G in a turning engagement has roughly three seconds to acquire a target, compute a firing solution, and press the trigger. Looking down at cockpit instruments during those three seconds means looking away from the threat — and in air combat,...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Twenty Sea Harriers sailed south with the Royal Navy task force in April 1982. None of them should have survived. The Argentine Air Force outnumbered them five to one, flew faster jets, and operated from concrete runways while the British pilots launched from pitching...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
China’s People’s Liberation Army has released the first official footage of its sixth-generation fighter jet — believed to be the Chengdu J-36 — in a military video published on 28 June 2026. The brief but unmistakable appearance marks the first time...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will perform over the National Mall on July 4th for the first time in the team’s 73-year history. The flyover anchors what organisers are calling the most ambitious aviation spectacle in American history — a formation...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
A naval drone that costs roughly $200,000 can now launch its own swarm of first-person-view attack drones while underway at sea. The Sea Baby unmanned surface vessel — a remotely piloted maritime platform with a 1,500-kilometre range — has evolved from a...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
A $17.9 million armed overwatch aircraft is a total loss because a trainee pilot turned the wrong valve during a training sortie. The Air Force Special Operations Command investigation into the October 2025 crash of an OA-1K Skyraider II has revealed a chain of errors...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
An F-15EX Eagle II has touched down at Kadena Air Base. The newest variant of Boeing’s legendary air superiority fighter landed on Okinawa’s most strategically important airfield on June 29, returning to the Pacific’s frontline base a year after the...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
The engines Turkey needs for its fifth-generation fighter are on the way — and Washington just wrote the permission slip. The Trump administration has notified Congress of a more than $700 million sale of General Electric F110 turbofan engines for Ankara’s TAI...
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