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It happened. The fifth-generation American F-35 Lightning II fighter jet has landed on the deck of HMS Prince of Wales. A few weeks ago, a Royal Navy aircraft carrier set sail across the Atlantic for an exercise off the coast of the United States. A few days ago, an American F-35B fighter jet landed on […]
The day before, there was information about a kamikaze drone attack on the Russian airfield of Soltsy in the Novgorod region. Photos of a burning Tu-22M3 strategic bomber were published today. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the attack and said that one aircraft was damaged. The type was not specified. At the same time, […]
The plane went down a few meters from a residential building. The Federal Aviation Agency is currently conducting an investigation. A Soviet MiG-23UB crashed in the US state of Michigan during the Thunder Over Michigan air show. This was reported by The War Zone. While performing the maneuver, the pilots had to eject from the […]
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) wants to arm the fifth-generation F-35C Lightning II fighter jet with a new missile. If all goes well, the deck aircraft will be able to destroy enemy ships using the AGM-158C LRASM. The news about the integration of LRASM and JASSM-ER missiles on the fifth-generation F-35 fighter […]
An American MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle was damaged in Syria. It was attacked by a Russian fighter jet. The incident occurred at night on July 23. The Russian fighter jet flew in dangerous proximity to the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, which was conducting a counterterrorism mission against the Islamic State group. According to the […]
Pratt & Whitney is in the final stage of the preliminary design review (PDR) of the F135 engine upgrade for the fifth generation F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. The company plans to start the detailed design phase of the Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) program in the early stages of next year. Pratt & Whitney is […]
Since February 24, 2022, several Russian fighter jets and helicopters have crashed without the assistance of Ukraine’s air defense. However, Russian military aircraft have gone down before. This week, Russian media outlets released a video of a MiG-31 fighter jet crash. The video is old. The incident occurred in the Murmansk region before February 24, […]
Ivchenko-Progress, a company operating in the Ukrainian market, has applied to participate in a tender to select a jet engine developer for the TF-X. SavunmaSanayiST writes about this. According to the publication, the Ukrainian engine manufacturer will participate in the tender announced by Turkey together with TEI, a company operating in the local market. They […]
A MiG-31 military plane crashed in the Murmansk region of Russia. Source: Russian news Telegram channel Baza Details: Eyewitnesses filmed the crash of the plane. It caught fire in the air and crashed into a lake near the village of Ryzh-Guba. The publication indicates that both pilots who ejected caught on branches. It is not […]
The US Department of Defense has never conducted acoustic tests of the fourth-generation F-15 Eagle, even though the aircraft first took to the skies 50 years ago. But it’s time to change that. The United States Air Force has announced the completion of a series of ground and flight acoustic tests involving the latest F-15EX […]