7+ hour, 56+ min ago   (238+ words) The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter has proven itself both in combat and peace time missions. The Black Hawk is the primary medium lift helicopter for the US Army performing a wide range of missions that encompass Air Assault, MEDEVAC, CSAR,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (408+ words) The F/A-18 Hornet completed its first flight in 1978 and entered operational service with the Marine Corps in 1983 and the US Navy in 1984. The Hornet replaced the F-4 Phantom II and the A-7 Corsair II. The new capabilities introduced by the F/A-18 have met…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (462+ words) The concept was to establish a training complex of air defence fighters radars, electronic countermeasures, guns and missiles which simulated Soviet air defences and used their operating procedures. The concept became known as Exercise Red Flag and was based at…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (647+ words) B-29 Superffortress bombers carried up to 20,000 pounds of bombs and eight.50-cal. machine guns in remote controlled turrets, two.50-cal. machine guns and one 20mm cannon in a tail turret. How effective were the remote turrets on the B-29 Superfortress compared to the…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (346+ words) Throughout its nearly 24-year career, the SR-71 Blackbird remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. It could fly over Vietnam in eight minutes, its electronic counter measures…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (828+ words) Designed as a US Navy carrier-based aircraft, the AD (Attack, Douglas) Skyraider first flew in 1945. The plane turned out to be exceptionally versatile and rugged, carrying a record-setting load of 14,491 lbs of ordnance and fuel. When the Department of Defense…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (952+ words) Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviation Geek Club” one of the world’s most read military aviation blogs. His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (384+ words) Camouflage, in the form of paint applied to aircraft, has been regularly studied and experimented with since the First World War. According to the article A Look Back: Olive Drab, Haze Blue and Jet Black: the Problem of Aircraft Camouflage…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (733+ words) Designed by the legendary Clarence “Kelly” Johnson in the early 1950’s, the F-104 Starfighter was the first combat aircraft capable of a sustained Mach2 in flight, and its speed and climb performance remain impressive even by today’s standards. Due to its…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (610+ words) According to a 2013 survey by a pilots’ union more than half of airline and commercial pilots have fallen asleep while in charge of a plane. 29% out of the 56% who admitted sleeping told Balpa (British Airline Pilots Association) that they had…...