If you’re like me, at some point in your pilot career, you may have asked yourself this: “Do I really need a weather briefing? The TAFs look like things will probably be fine. I’m not going that far. I’ll just get...
I never understood aviation until the day I lost it. In the span of two weeks, I failed a flight physical with my increasingly weakened eyesight and found a tumor that was removed the following day. In that moment, as I...
A T-6A Texan II at Sheppard AFB (Image credit: USAF) The incident involved a T-6A Texan II at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. A US Air Force instructor pilot from the 80th Flying Training Wing passed away on May 14, 2024,...
An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida takes off from the Air Dominance Center for an air combat exercise at Sentry Savannah on May 10, 2022. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s largest...
In the background, the wreckage of the crashed AW139. (Photo: Perak Fire and Rescue Department) In the boxes: the AW139 and AS555 (Photo: Royal Malaysian Navy). Highlighted the two helicopters after the midair. An AW139 and an AS555 crashed after they...
A screenshot from the video posted to Youtube by Okinawa Television showing the F-22 on its nose on Apr. 11, 2024. Images being circulated online show the aircraft on its nose at the base in Japan. A U.S. Air Force F-22...
CubCrafters, a leading designer and manufacturer of light sport and Part 23-certified aircraft, unveils a backcountry landing gear configuration to minimize ground loops in backcountry flying. CEO Patrick Horgan expresses confidence in the innovation, stating, “This is the most robust landing...
File photo of two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 120th Fighter Squadron (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/Released) Cracks on the canopy sill longerons are affecting the U.S. Air Force inventory of F-16s....
A MV-22B of the the V-22 Test Team at Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 during Dynamic Interface (DI) Ship-Air Test Trials aboard the United Kingdom’s HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy Photo by Lt. Ben Putbrese) NAVAIR...
Front view of the F-35C sitting on the EOTS after the nose landing gear collapse. (Photo: Reader’s submission) Take a look at these new shots showing the U.S. Marine Corps F-35C of VMFA-311 that ended resting on its EOTS at NAS...
