Monde de l'aviation, avions de chasse, Aviation militaire, drone
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...
Porte-avions, avions de chasse, Aviation militaire
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...
Porte-avions, avions de chasse, Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
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...
Porte-avions, avions de chasse, Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
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...
Porte-avions, avions de chasse, Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
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...
Monde de l'aviation, avions de chasse, Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire, Avions de chasse furtifs, Records du monde d'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...
Monde de l'aviation, avions de chasse, Aviation militaire, Avions de chasse furtifs
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...
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