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Oct 17, 2022

America’s first fighter plane blinded pilots and lost its wings

When America threw its weight behind the Allies in World War I, optimistic politicians and the writers of the day predicted that, soon, tens of thousands of top-tier planes would pour from American factories to the front lines, blackening the skies …

BYLogan Nye

Oct 17, 2022

BYIan D'Costa

Jun 30, 2022

This was the Air Force’s super fighter that never flew

The 1950s was a game-changing decade for the world of military aviation, especially with the rise of jet propulsion in place of propeller engines. It was in this decade that the U.S. Air Force came close to fielding one of the most advanced (for its…

BYIan D'Costa

Jun 30, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Aug 18, 2022

How a Marine Corps pilot downed an enemy airplane with his propeller

The F4U Corsair was, without a doubt, the heavyweight champion of the air war over the Pacific Theater of World War II. It originally had a lot of design problems…

BYTeam Mighty

Aug 18, 2022

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Mar 5, 2021

Before the F-35, these 10 airplanes became legends after rough starts

Critics of the F-35 have jumped on the fact that it has suffered a host of problems during the developmental test process while Air Force leadership has remained bullish on the jet’s transformational potential. This isn’t the first time this dynam…

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Mar 5, 2021

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Japan’s F-35 fleet reportedly made 7 emergency landings before that crash

Five of Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s F-35 jets reportedly made seven emergency landings prior to a crash somewhere in the Pacific Ocean last week, the Ministry of Defense said,

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

US, Japan still unable to find crashed F-35 – or its secrets

The US and Japan have been conducting a tireless, around-the-clock search for a missing F-35 for a week, but so far, they have yet to recover the downed fighter or its pilot. A life is on the line, and the “secrets” of the most expensive weapon in…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Japan just lost an F-35; here’s what happens if Russia/China find it first

Japan’s military reported on April 9, 2019, that it lost contact with an F-35 stealth jet some 84 miles off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, Japan, in the Pacific and that the hunt was on for the pilot and the downed plane. But if Russia …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

US debunks India’s claim of shooting down F-16

India proudly claimed that one of its Russian-designed MiG-21 fighters shot down one of Pakistan’s US-made F-16s before being downed by a Pakistani missile in a dogfight in February 2019, but a US inventory of Pakistan’s fighters found nothing mis…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

US Navy warship seen in South China Sea carrying unusual amount of F-35s

The US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp was recently seen sailing in the South China Sea on its way to the Philippines with an unusually heavy configuration of F-35s. The Wasp was carrying at least 10 F-35B Lightning II …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Oct 20, 2022

This is the iconic European fighter that can operate anywhere

The Saab Gripen is a beautiful fighter with a nifty little mane on its nose, and it’s popular with small militaries around the world because it’s cheap to operate, has high-mission readiness, and can take off from nearly anywhere. Seriously, if yo…

BYLogan Nye

Oct 20, 2022

BYThe Aviationist

Apr 29, 2020

Civilian ejected from French fighter jet during takeoff

A 64-year old civilian passenger was accidentally ejected from a French Air Force twin-seat Rafale B fighter jet as the aircraft was taking …

BYThe Aviationist

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

US Navy’s carrier-based F-35s may not be ready for combat after all

The US Navy has declared its F-35Cs ready for combat, but the service’s own testing data says the stealth fighters designed to take off and land on aircraft carriers are nowhere close to ready, an independent nonpartisan watchdog reports. “T…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

F-35 demo team will debut new moves during 2019 air shows

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson soared above RAF Fairford, England, piloting an

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

That time an F-16 flyby lit up a highway patrolman’s radar

A California patrolman’s radar apparently flipped out on an empty stretch of highway in March 2019, which was odd because there wasn’t another car in sight, but then an F-16 Fighting Falcon came flying low and fast past his location. A video…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

Russia’s weapon designers are the best science-fiction authors

Russia has the world’s best tanks, top-tier fifth-generation aircraft, and weapons that can zap enemy munitions from the sky or burn out their guidance systems. Or at least, that’s what Russia wants you to think, despite a horrible track re…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020