Amazing Aviation Stories, Aviation History, History & Legends, Military Aviation, WWI
The Luckiest Man Alive Imagine this: it’s 1918, the skies over Europe are a chaotic ballet of whirling biplanes, and our star, Captain John H. Hedley, is perched in the back of a Bristol F.2B, a two-seater fighter, with his pilot, Captain Reginald...
Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Naval, World Records Aviation
It had always been U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Katie Higgins’ dream to become a pilot, and follow in her family’s steps. This became reality in 2011, when she received her wings. But last weekend was probably the best day of her life, when she successfully...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Photography
Lieutenant Chris Nigus sent us a jaw-dropping selection of spectacular images he took while flying on missions during the last couple of years of his deployment in Japan. Above you can see him flying at a low level in Japan’s well known Orange Route. Some of the...
Aircraft Carriers, Aviation World, Military Aviation
The U.S. Navy is getting ready to launch the first ship-board tests of a new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System designed to replace steam catapults and propel fighter jets and other aircraft off the deck of an aircraft carrier, service officials said. “In June,...
Aviation World, Bomber aircrafts, Experimental Aircraft, Fighter Flights, History & Legends, Military Aviation
It’s pretty cool what different types of metal can get airborne with enough engines, wings, effort, determination or just sheer creativity. There are many wild designs with aircraft ranging from flying saucers to planes that take off vertically. [CSSBUTTON...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Photography
Red Flag is the world’s largest military exercise which occurs quite frequently every year. A few years ago, photographers were interviewed on their perspective on this military exercise. https://youtu.be/MVrQboP-FoQ Day 1 – March 14, 2012 Red Flag 12-3 started...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation
On the 3rd of March, seven Russian Fighter Jets departed from Novofederocka airbase, situated in Crimea. They flew straight out over the Black Sea, towards 2 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Warships, the U.S. guided missile cruiser Vicksburg and the Turkish...
Aviation World, Military Aviation, UAV
The V1 Flying bomb was the worlds first cruise missile. An unmanned gyro guided plane that delivered a tonne of high explosive each time one hurtled into the ground. 2419 were to explode in London between June 1944 and March 1945, which is just 9 months....
Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, World Records Aviation
When these images cropped out on the internet a few months ago, some knew the photos were a photoshop masterpiece, and the rest were skeptical, or believed this ‘claim’. A note to acclaimed aviator, Skip Holm was in order to validate the images and provide...
Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets, Inside MiGFlug, Military Aviation
Watching films like Top Gun or Operation: Red Flag the appeal of being a fighter jet pilot, is easily seen, but would the famous actor Tom Cruise have made a real fighter pilot, let alone you or me? The cockpit of a fighter plane is a very restricted and highly...
Aviation World, Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation
Ever wondered how a jet engine works? Jet engines create forward thrust by taking in a large amount of air and discharging it as a high-speed jet of gas. The way they’re designed allows aircraft to fly faster and further compared to propeller-driven aircraft. Their...
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