Time for you to fly after you get your Pilot's License
Time for you to fly after you get your Pilot's License
The photo signed by the UK’s Secretary of Defence showing a Su-24 armed with Storm Shadow missiles. (Photo: Ukraine’s Minister of Defence via @UAWeapons on Twitter, edited by The Aviationist) The Fencer was long rumored to be the Ukrainian aircraft of choice for using the British-supplied cruise missile. Two weeks after the announcement of the …
One of the buildings supposedly hit by the Storm Shadow cruise missiles. (Photo: Reuters) In the boxes: photos from Twitter and Telegram showing debris left by MALD and Storm Shadow. Debris of MALD was found in the Luhansk region, near the targets of recent missile strikes where Storm Shadow debris have also been found. It …
Artwork showing a Patriot surface-to-air missile being launched at an incoming Kinzhal hypersonic missile. (Photos: U.S. Army photo by Anthony Sweeney and Russian MoD, edited by The Aviationist) The Pentagon’s Press Secretary confirmed the Ukrainian claims during a briefing with the press about new aid packages for the war-thorn country. On May 6, 2023, the …
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress loaded with two AGM-183 ARRW missiles. (Courtesy photo via U.S. Air Force) The service will complete the two last test flights to inform future hypersonic programs. The U.S. Air Force is planning to abandon the AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic weapon program after the last two test …
Artist’s concept of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapons Concept (HAWC) vehicle after booster separation. (Image: Lockheed Martin) The data acquired will be used for the More Opportunities HAWC program and other hypersonic technologies. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced the successful completion of the final test of the Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept, accomplishing …
The Launcher Load Frame sits outside of a B-1 B Lancer prior to loading at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 9, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Josiah Brown) (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Josiah Brown) Weapons Loaders at Dyess Air Force Base revived a capability unused for three decades. …
Flying locally over the Gulf of Mexico, two F-15EX Eagle II aircraft launched missiles from their new weapon stations, known as Stations 1 and 9, here Nov. 29. (Courtesy photo – U.S. Air Force) Both AIM-120 and AIM-9 missiles were test fired from the new outer wing weapon stations which increase the payload of the …
An artistic depiction of the BriteCloud 218 variant released by a F-16C Fighting Falcon. (Photo: Leonardo) The decoy will be designated AN/ALQ-260(V)1 in U.S. Armed Forces service. The U.S. Air National Guard has issued a “fielding recommendation” for Leonardo’s BriteCloud 218 Expendable Active Decoy, after the successful completion of the Foreign Comparative Testing on the …
GLSDB (Image credit: Saab) The Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) combines the GBU-39 SDB with the M26 rocket motor. The Pentagon is considering a Boeing proposal to supply Ukraine with GLSDBs an exclusive Reuters report unveiled on Nov. 28, 2022. The GLSDB could be delivered as early as spring 2023 and would allow Kyiv to …