Here Are Three Hot Takes on the Sukhoi Su-57, One Might Surprise You
25 Jul 2023, 14:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, let's have some fun with a few hot takes about the Su-57. As it turns out, the only felony this jet's committed is theft of our attention.
Third Aerial Girls Squad: A One-Off Fighter Jet Anime That's Like Initial D in the Sky
23 Jul 2023, 04:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Did I regret dedicating half an hour of my time to watching the one episode of Third Aerial Girls Squad? Honestly, I can't say that I did.
UAC: How Russia Frankensteined Its Aviation Sector into a Single Massive Company
28 May 2023, 02:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For all their innumerable humanitarian transgressions, the Soviets managed to field some of the most skilled and ambitious aerospace firms in the world.
Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate: Russia’s Own F-35 Rival or Kremlin Vaporware?
14 May 2023, 01:02 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / what do you think? Will the Su-75 even make it off the ground at all? Or is it destined to remain a mock-up due to a lack of cash?
One Decade Ago, Canada Almost Revived the Legendary Avro Arrow, But Not Really
23 Feb 2023, 02:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Perhaps the fact the Avro Arrow never got to shoot down a Russian bomber was the key factor that led to its romanticization with the Canadian public
Mitsubishi F-4 EJ Kai: The American Phantom II Jet Powered Up Like an Anime Hero
25 Jan 2023, 07:08 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The F-4EJ and its ultimate variant, the EJ Kai, aren't hard to draw parallels between themselves and anime heroes. It defended its home nation like one
Russia Completes Latest Su-57 Felon Stealth Fighter Deliveries, NATO Probably Indifferent
8 Jan 2023, 07:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This particular batch of Su-57s comes courtesy of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAZ) in the country's far east.
Shenyang J-11: The Chinese Sukhoi Clone That Just Played Chicken With a U.S. Jet
5 Jan 2023, 01:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Shenyang J-11 twin-engine Chinese air superiority fighter is a geopolitical marvel in itself. Thanks to the not-so-smooth Sino-Soviet relationship
War Thunder’s Next Major Update, Apex Predators, Drops in December
12 Dec 2022, 17:00 UTC · By: Cosmin Vasile / Fans of the free-to-play multiplayer war game can expect at least three iconic fighter jets to be added, alongside dozens of new models of vehicles
Fighter Mafia: The Mysterious Cabal Claimed To Be Behind America’s Greatest Fighter Jets
25 Nov 2022, 21:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Because this is the military-industrial complex at work, this tale is only one story in the prolific web of exaggerated claims of the Fighter Mafia.
This Man Restored an F-14D Tomcat Nearly by Himself, He Deserves Our Respect
3 Nov 2022, 15:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Say hello to Richard Kalen, a man who spent 41 years of his life working tirelessly on some of Grumman's most important aerospace projects
Born To Fly: The Chinese Top Gun Maverick Copycat That Did a Vanishing Act
22 Oct 2022, 03:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Chinese Communist party selected no less than four motion pictures at this year's Golden Week. Among them was supposed to be the film Born to Fly.
The Northrop F-5 Never Flexed Its Muscles With the USAF, Now This One's For Sale
10 Oct 2022, 19:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Produced from 1959 until at least the early 70s, the F-5A was a different breed of fighter. One that valued light weight and maneuverability over raw power
Another Revolution Could Reveal the Secrets of the Elusive Iranian F-14 Tomcat
8 Oct 2022, 00:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Should the near 45-year-long reign of the Islamic State end, the secrets of the Iranian Grumman F-14 Tomcat could finally come to light.
The Peregrine Falcon is a Fighter Jet of the Animal Realm, How Does It Stack Up to an F-16
4 Oct 2022, 16:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / How exactly is a Peregrine Falcon like a fighter jet? Let's compare some of its flight characteristics to a real one, the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-15 Eagle Celebrates 50 Years of Obliterating the Competition With No Losses
28 Jul 2022, 18:59 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In truth, the origins of the F-15 program date back before the early 1970s. In the mid-1960s and through the Vietnam War
Grumman F-11 Tiger: Never Shot Down Anything But Itself, Still Looks Great in Blue
9 Jul 2022, 10:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / the Tiger was a project that looked hopeful in the beginning but turned out to be something Grumman probably wanted to forget ever happened by its end
This Is the Last American F-14 Tomcat To Fly, Awaits a Full Restoration in This Hangar
9 Jul 2022, 07:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's only fitting that the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York, would be the benefactor to the having two F-14 Tomcats in their collection.
War Thunder vs Ace Combat 7: Whose F-14 Tomcat Is More Fun To Fly?
28 Jun 2022, 22:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Just for some fun, let's look at two of those games in particular. One is War Thunder, the other is Ace Combat 7 to see whose F-14A Tomcat is more fun to fly
Ending the F-22 Raptor's Production Was a Very Smart Move, Despite What Fanboys Say
13 Jun 2022, 20:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In many ways, the F-22 Raptor is like the P-51 Mustang of the modern era. A "Cadillac of the sky" prize fighter doubt pinned up on many bedroom walls