“It died; I say died because that’s how it feels.”-Master Sergeant Charles Fleek, Oregon Air National Guard, talking about tail number 78-0511, one of the lucky F-15Cs that actually flew under its own power to The Boneyard, in April 2022
Oregon Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar, […] Continue Reading…
The first combat use of the F-15 Eagle was by Israel in 1979, followed by Saudi Arabia in 1984. First combat use of the F-15 by the U.S. Air Force was during Operation Desert Storm, in 1991.
Five months before Desert Storm, the build-up was called Desert Shield. These F-15C Eagles […] Continue Reading…
To many people, the Antonov 2 is something that harkens back to the First World War’s biplanes, but it was developed after the Second World War (first flight 31AUG1947), soldiered on through the undeclared Cold War and continues flying for militaries on both sides of the Ukraine Crisis.
A proud Oleg […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Coast Guard personnel from Air Station Clearwater search for survivors in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, 29SEP2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class […] Continue Reading…
On 28SEP2022, the Arkansas Army National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team had to deliver 2-thousand gallons of potable (think of it as water clean enough you can put in a pot for cooking and eating, pot-able) water to the Bald Knob School District in White County, Arkansas.
Arkansas Army National […] Continue Reading…
Russia’s Sukhoi 75 ‘The Checkmate’ is a single engined ‘low cost’ 6th Gen fighter. It uses the AL-41F1 ‘project 117’ engine, a development of the engine used on the twin engined 5th Gen fighter […] Continue Reading…
T-38 with 80th Anniversary logo on its tail, Laughlin Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, 05MAY2022.
USAF photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Larsen, 05MAY2022. USAF photo by Airman Kailee Reynolds, 03FEB2022.87th Flying Training Squadron (FTS) heritage […] Continue Reading…
Su-57 (Су-57), NATO reporting name Felon.
United Aircraft Corporation photo. KnAAZ photo.On 22SEP2022, after the partial mobilization of Russia’s reserve military units against a perceived invasion by NATO, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Factory (KnAAZ) announced it is ramping up production of the Sukhoi 57: “We understand how important this work […] Continue Reading…
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Тема моего выступления – ситуация на Донбассе и ход специальной военной операции по его освобождению от неонацистского режима, захватившего власть на Украине в 2014 году в результате вооружённого государственного переворота.
Обращаюсь сегодня к вам, ко всем гражданам нашей страны, к людям разных поколений, возраста и национальности, […] Continue Reading…
In August 2022, there were reports that Iran is supplying Russia with a stealth Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, also known as a ‘drone’). This is feasible because, during the U.S. President Barack Obama regime, Iran was able to capture a U.S. stealth drone in 2011, and they successfully reverse engineered it.