Meet the ‘Near-Retirement’ US Air Force fighter jet that can destroy advanced battle tanks in “Thundering in the Sky”
The A-10 Warthog still appears to be true to its name, ‘Tankbuster.’ With its powerful cannon, the US Air Force recently demonstrated that the A-10 Thunderbolt II,…
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen: Swedish fighter jets that inspire resentment and fear in Russia
When the United States Air Force’s B-52H Stratofortress flies over the skies of Europe the massive bσмber is often escorted by a mix of friendly aircraft that…
Finally USAF Tests New F-22 Fighter Jet After Getting an Upgrade
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor gets one step closer to become the next Air Force aircraft, and first 5th Generation platform, to achieve compatibility with the refurbished…
Long-range fire-and-forget ATGMs called Hellfire 2 are mounted on the AH-64D Longbow Apache
Upgrade is centred around the Northrop Grumman APG-78 Longbow milimetric-wavelength fire-control radar allied to new AGM-114L Hellfire 2 missiles. During 1992 McDonnell Douglas converted four AH-64As with…
Turkey Reduces its Plans for Fighters: Modernized F-16s Can’t Replace the F-35
On June 29 U.S. officials indicated for the first time that Turkey may be granted permission to purchase modernised F-16 Fighting Falcon fourth generation fighters for its…
The world’s most potent helicopter is the UH-1Y Venom
The UH-1Y Venom multi-role utility helicopter is equipped with a wide range of weapons and mission support configurations to also perform close air support missions, along with…
Here are the helicopters that submarines fear the most
Anti-Submarine Helicopters use specially-designed sensors and weapon systems to singlehandedly find, track, and even destroy submarines. One of the biggest fears of submarines are specially designed military helicopters developed…
One of the most productive helicopters ever made is the Mil Mi-8 Hip
The Mil Mi-8 (Western reporting name Hip) is one of the most prolific utility helicopters ever built with over 7 300 examples manufactured since 1961. The combat…
Why does the US F-16V threaten both the Russian Su-35 and the Chinese J-10?
Although F-16 is a single-engine light fighter, the weᴀpon payload and avionics of the F-16V are comparable to that of the Su-35 and proved to be superior…
US Tests Top SECRET Hypersonic Aircraft to Beat SR-72
Hermeus’ hypersonic Quarterhorse jet might just be the jet of the future, possibly retiring even Lockheed Martin’s jet of the future – the hypersonic SR-72 – before…