Aviación militar, Noticias
For generations, the U.S. Army has trained its own helicopter pilots. Military instructor pilots taught military students in military aircraft on military bases, and the system — while imperfect — produced the aviators who flew Apaches in Iraq, Black Hawks in...
Aviación militar, Noticias
The U.S. Air Force just awarded a contract to develop something that sounds like a contradiction: jet engines designed to be thrown away. Small, cheap, and built for a single mission, these disposable powerplants are intended for the next generation of cruise...
Aviación militar, Noticias
On April 8, 2026, the French Air and Space Force announced a milestone that had been years in the making: its first-ever launch of an AGM-114 Hellfire missile from a fixed-wing aircraft. The test, conducted over a French military range, marks France’s entry into...
Aviación militar, Noticias
In a classified wargame room, Air Force planners just finished one of the most consequential simulations in recent memory. The question on the table: if the United States goes to war with China over Taiwan, what mix of aircraft gives the Air Force the best chance of...
Aviación militar, Noticias
The U.S. Air Force just opened its biggest pilot retention bonus program in history. Starting April 1, 2026, eligible aviators can apply for annual bonuses up to $50,000 — with total payouts reaching $600,000 over a 12-year commitment. The Air Force estimates 10,314...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Deep in California’s Mojave Desert, a KC-135R Stratotanker sits on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline bristling with sensors, cameras, and telemetry equipment that no ordinary tanker carries. This is the Ghost Tanker — the U.S. Air Force’s only...
Aviación militar, Noticias
Somewhere in the CENTCOM operating area, a low-cost drone lifts off a catapult rail and heads toward an Iranian target. It looks almost identical to the Shahed-136 — the kamikaze drone Iran has been mass-producing and exporting for years. But this one carries American...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Datos brevesNacionalidadAlemán 🇩🇪Victorias aéreas62 (segundo as alemán más alto de la Primera Guerra Mundial)Aeronave voladaFokker D.VII, Albatros D.III/D.VGuerrasPrimera Guerra MundialNacido/fallecido26 de abril de 1896 - 17 de noviembre de 1941 (45 años)UnidadJagdstaffel 37, JG I (bajo Richthofen) Nachtvögel. Aufnahme von Ernst Udet c....
Mundo de la aviación, Aviación militar
The handle is between your legs. You have been told about it in training, shown diagrams, watched videos. But nothing prepares you for the moment you actually reach for it. In that fraction of a second, you are making the most consequential decision of your flying...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
On February 2, 1970, somewhere over the frozen plains of Montana, Captain Gary Foust of the 71st Fighter Interceptor Squadron had a problem that no amount of skill could solve. His F-106A Delta Dart — a supersonic interceptor designed to hunt Soviet bombers at the...
Mundo de la aviación, Historia y leyendas
On the morning of July 25, 1909, Louis Blériot climbed into a 25-horsepower monoplane that he had built himself, pointed it north across the grey water of the English Channel, and disappeared into the fog. He had no compass. He had no landmarks. He had no way to know...
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