U.S. Navy to Develop F/A-XX Next-Generation Fighter …
Nov 16, 2024 · An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25, launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN …
[Updated] U.S. Super Hornet Shot Down in Friendly Fire Over Red …
Dec 22, 2024 · Aircrew members ejected safely and were rescued after a U.S. Navy F/A-18F from the USS Truman was shot down in a friendly fire incident. On Dec. 22, 2024, an F/A-18F …
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor - The Aviationist
Nov 7, 2024 · The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a supersonic twin-engine stealth fighter. Designed as an air superiority fighter it has evolved into a multirole platform, capable to …
Lockheed Martin Has Delivered The 100th F-35C
Dec 20, 2024 · The F-35C CF-100, the 100th F-35C manufactured, during a test flight at Forth Worth, Texas, on Nov. 16, 2024. (Image credit: Sam Combs) As the F-35C is a CATOBAR …
China’s J-35A Stealth Fighter to be Officially Unveiled at Zhuhai Air ...
Nov 5, 2024 · With its arrival at Zhuhai airport, the PLAAF has officially unveiled the J-35A, the land-based variant of the J-35. China has been actively marketing for export the aircraft, once …
Drones And New Technologies Are Reinventing The U.S. Air Force …
Feb 16, 2024 · A screencap from an Air Force Research Laboratory’s video showing the MQ-28 Ghost Bat and the F-22 Raptor. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) The CCA programs aims to develop …
Ukrainian Surface Drone Equipped with R-73 Air-to-Air Missiles …
Dec 31, 2024 · The Vympel R-73 (known by NATO with the reporting name of AA-11 Archer) is a short-range air-to-air IR-guided missile, originally developed in the Soviet Union and in service …
Rockwell B-1 Lancer - The Aviationist
Oct 29, 2024 · A B-1A Lancer in 1984. (Image credit: U.S. Air Force) In 1969 the lengthy AMSA project finally morphed into the B-1A, with North American Rockwell (then Rockwell and …
Home Page - The Aviationist
Jan 16, 2025 · Around 90 MIM-104E PAC-2 Patriot missiles are included in a U.S.-facilitated transfer approved in September 2024, according to media reports published on Jan. 28, 2025.
The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet: Hitler’s Hot Rod Rocket Plane
Nov 22, 2024 · The Alexander Lippisch designed DFS 194. (Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons) The Me 163A. The results of the DFS 194 experiments resulted in a renewed interest in the …