Lockheed’s AH-56 Cheyenne was ahead of its time in many ways. While its swiveling gunner’s seat was not one of them, it certainly was cool. The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne was the world’s most…
The F/A-18E Super Hornet was the first of McDonnell Douglas’s (Boeing from 1997) Hornet upgrade concepts to be put into production after Boeing асqᴜігed the company in 1997. The first F/A-18E took to…
Birth of Cheyenne The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne was a cutting-edge attack helicopter designed in the mid-1960s, a time when the United States was heavily involved in the Vietnam War. As the need for…
When the Soviet military wanted some heavy lifting done, they called in a Mil Mi-10 helicopter. This behemoth was a military transport helicopter developed from the more conventional-looking Mil Mi-6. Designed in the…
History teaches us that some of the greatest breakthroughs in medical or technological areas were made during conflicts, and by that, we’re talking about wars. Take, for instance, jet fighters and medicine, to…
The UH-1Y is a multi-mission, fully marinised utility helicopter. More than 16,000 UH-1 Iroquois (better known as Huey) helicopters were produced by Bell Textron since service entry in 1958. The UH-1Y is a…
This is the moment President Vladimir Putin’s doomsday jet was intercepted by RAF fighters on a mission over the Baltic Sea. British typhoons shadowed the nuclear command and control aircraft as it flew…
The recent impressive combat performances continue to prove that Russia’s Ka-52 attack helicopter is truly a “tank killer”. The Ka-52 helicopter has long been known as a fearsome weapon on the battlefield. However,…
It is expected that 40 KF-21 Boramae fighters will be produced by 2028, another 80 in the second batch, scheduled for production in 2032. According to Airfoce Technology, the Republic of Korea Air…
TWO US Air Force personnel fly by the seat of their pants — dangling their legs from the rear exit of a military plane. The male and female crew’s daring high jinks came…
This first USAF flight, which validated key aspects of the next-generation trainer, marks the start of the engineering and manufacturing development phase. A U.S. Air Force test pilot finally flew at the commands…
In the backdrop of increasing tension with Ukraine, the Russian Air Force has received its seventh A-50U modernized long-range radar surveillance plane. The A-50U is a modernized version of the Soviet-era A-50, which…
For the last five years, Air Force Special Operations Command has been working toward incorporating a high-energy laser weapon on its newest AC-130J gunship. It now plans to test-fire a 60-kilowatt laser in…
At its launch in 1962, the CH-47 Chinook was considered the fastest traditional helicopter in the world, and to date, it is still one of the fastest helicopters in the US Inventory. During…
Today we present to our readers an aircraft known by its current name the Boeing P-8 Poseidon or previously known as MMA (Multimission Maritime Aircraft). This is an aircraft that was developed by…
The Ukrainian counter-offensive, which started on June 4 with probing attacks, faltered rather quickly due to the outstanding planning and performance of Russian forces. Ukrainian columns were confronted with unanticipated and unpleasant surprises…