Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
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...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
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...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
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...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
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...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
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...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
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...
Luftfahrtwelt, Militärische Luftfahrt
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...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Mehr als 11.000 Exemplare wurden gebaut. Mehr Nationen flogen sie als jeden anderen Überschalljäger der Geschichte. Die Sowjets schufen etwas Außergewöhnliches: eine Maschine von so brutaler Effizienz, dass sie auch sieben Jahrzehnte später noch den Himmel mehrerer Kontinente beherrscht. Die MiG-21 Fishbed war nicht die...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
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...
Luftfahrtwelt, Militärische Luftfahrt
There’s a reason the most lethal fighter jets on Earth look like they were built in pairs. The twin vertical stabilizer isn’t decorative—it’s an engineering solution to a physics problem that becomes impossible to ignore once you’re pulling 9 Gs and dancing with...
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