Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
On September 6, 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko made a choice that would reshape Western understanding of Soviet aviation. He pointed the nose of his MiG-25 Foxbat toward Japan and flew. What the West would discover in that intercepted fighter would send shockwaves...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
In January 2026, two sleek silhouettes pierced a Chinese sky in perfect formation. The J-35A, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s answer to the F-35, had taken to the air. What appeared on video footage was a signal: China’s stealth program had moved from theoretical to...
Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire
On a spring morning in 1983, Israeli pilot Zivi Nedivi was locked in a dogfight when an A-4 Skyhawk appeared in his six o’clock. The collision that followed should have been fatal. Instead, it became aviation’s most impossible survival story. The right wing of...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
On February 27, 2026, a Bolivian Air Force C-130H Hercules loaded with freshly printed banknotes touched down at El Alto International Airport — one of the highest commercial airports on Earth at 4,061 meters above sea level. It never stopped. The aircraft overran the...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
On June 3, 2026, a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier will lift off from the runway at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, hover for a moment in that unmistakable way only a Harrier can, and then touch down for the very last time. After more than four decades of service, the...
Aviation militaire, Nouvelles
A standard T-43A — the base airframe from which the heavily modified NT-43A was created. The secret version looks very different. (Photo: U.S. Air Force / Wikimedia Commons) It’s a Boeing 737. Sort of. It has a bulging nose radome that makes it look like a...
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