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Royal Air Force Typhoon Test-fires latest SPEAR 3 Cruise Missile in Sweden
A Typhoon operated jointly by BAE Systems and the RAF’s 41 Test and Evaluation squadron has successfully demonstrated the ...
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McDonnell Douglas (Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is a supersonic all-weather multirole twin-seat strike fighter derived from a supersonic twin-engined air superiority fighter, the McDonnell ...
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All the Highlights of the 2024 China Airshow
A, Su-57 and many Flanker variants were all on the menu for this year’s China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition ...
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Northrop Grumman Delivers First SiAW Test Missile to the U.S. Air Force
The delivery of the first test missile to the Air Force marks the beginning of flight testing to verify the safe interaction ...
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F-16 Cockpit Collapsible ACE Ladder Wins Air Force Innovation Competition
F-16 pilot developed a cockpit stowable collapsible ladder to aid Agile Combat Employment operations. At a time when the U.S. Air Force is heavily ...
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As General Atomics, Anduril Wingmen Drones Clear USAF Critical Design Review, Let’s Look at how Modern Wars are Informing the CCA Program
Air Force Materiel Command’s Col. Timothy M. Helfrich broke down what might constitute the Increment 1 and Increment 2 of the ...
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Italian Typhoons Deployed for NATO BAP Mission Perform First Air-to-Ground Activity
The Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons flew a training mission at a Lithuanian range with the Litening V LDP (Laser ...
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Triple Decker Threat: The Fokker Dr.1 Story
Diminutive and nimble, the Fokker Dr.1 was Germany’s answer to the British Sopwith Triplane during the Great War over the ...
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Drunk British Soldiers Caught Engaging in Sexual Acts Inside Apache Helicopter Cockpit
A newly released report has revealed a 2016 incident where two soldiers were discovered naked from the waist down inside the ...
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Rin Sakurai
Rin Sakurai is a military aviation photographer and contributor to The Aviationist. Although interested in anything to do ...
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U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East Inducts First CMV-22B Osprey for Planned Maintenance
With the start of the first Planned Maintenance Interval 1 service to the CMV-22B aircraft, the depot now services all three ...
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First E-130J TACAMO Airframe in Production
The first C-130J-30 Hercules earmarked for conversion into an E-130J TACAMO aircraft for the U.S. Navy is in production. Fresh on the heels of the ...