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Stories about: military aircraft

Operation Desert Storm: The Greatest Assembly of Military Aircraft of All Time
Operation Desert Storm: The Greatest Assembly of Military Aircraft of All Time

20 Oct 2023, 03:37 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the exception of World War II, Desert Storm was unique in its complete and utter domination in the air by the victorious parties.

 
BAE Systems Wants to Transform the “Flying Bum” Into a Military Beast
BAE Systems Wants to Transform the “Flying Bum” Into a Military Beast

14 Sep 2023, 06:21 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Big plans in store for the infamous Airlander 10, as BAE Systems is working with HAV to determine the potential defense applications for this unique aircraft

 
Royal Navy’s Submarine Hunters Are Keeping an Eye on Russian Ships
Royal Navy’s Submarine Hunters Are Keeping an Eye on Russian Ships

4 Sep 2023, 04:48 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / British warships and the American-made Poseidon aircraft worked together to ensure close surveillance of Russian ships in the Atlantic

 
US Marine Corps Leaders Take a Closer Look at Archer’s Midnight eVTOL
US Marine Corps Leaders Take a Closer Look at Archer’s Midnight eVTOL

9 Aug 2023, 03:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Archer Aviation is on a roll this year. Its electric air taxi manufactured by the automotive giant Stellantis, is getting lots of attention from the army

 
Iconic WWII Flying Boat Comes Back as a Modern Amphibian With Green Capabilities
Iconic WWII Flying Boat Comes Back as a Modern Amphibian With Green Capabilities

26 Jul 2023, 04:02 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / It's official - the legendary Catalina amphibious aircraft will become a new-generation turboprop that will blow commercial seaplanes out of the water

 
M1161 Growler: The Problematic Marine Jeep Designed for the Equally Polarizing V-22 Osprey
M1161 Growler: The Problematic Marine Jeep Designed for the Equally Polarizing V-22 Osprey

12 Jul 2023, 23:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When someone thinks of light military trucks, they think of Jeeps, HUMVEES, and Land Rovers. But you've probably never heard of American Growler before.

 
RAF’s Atlas Military Aircraft Smashes Flight Record With 22-Hour Nonstop Trip to Guam
RAF’s Atlas Military Aircraft Smashes Flight Record With 22-Hour Nonstop Trip to Guam

6 Jul 2023, 05:19 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The heavy-duty cargo aircraft A400M Atlas accomplished the longest flight ever achieved by this type of aircraft, with refueling help from a US Voyager

 
RAF Junior Pilots Fly the Almighty Atlas Into Norway for the First Time
RAF Junior Pilots Fly the Almighty Atlas Into Norway for the First Time

16 Jan 2023, 06:55 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Watch the Atlas A300M on the stunning Norwegian background, as it's being flown by a junior Royal Air Force crew for their first time

 
First Royal Navy F-35 Pilot Retires After a Spectacular 32-Year Career
First Royal Navy F-35 Pilot Retires After a Spectacular 32-Year Career

5 Jan 2023, 07:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Forget Topgun, this Royal Navy pilot wrote history on the F-35, and got to fly 35 types of aircraft both in the UK and the U.S.

 
RAF Debuts an Advanced Training Service for Fighter Pilots, a First in the UK
RAF Debuts an Advanced Training Service for Fighter Pilots, a First in the UK

22 Dec 2022, 07:00 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Honey Badger is the name of the aircraft that will act the enemy for RAF's fighter jets as they train to stay in great shape

 
RAF Heavy Hitters Atlas and Hercules Play on the Beach, at Night
RAF Heavy Hitters Atlas and Hercules Play on the Beach, at Night

16 Dec 2022, 05:31 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Massive Atlas and Hercules from RAF's Brize Norton station practiced landing on the beach at night, during a challenging training

 
Royal Air Force Pilots Get a Different Kind of Green Light
Royal Air Force Pilots Get a Different Kind of Green Light

15 Dec 2022, 04:42 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Even the almighty RAF Globemaster looks ready for Christmas, basking in the aurora borealis light during a military training

 
RAF’s Voyager Becomes the First Active Military Aircraft to Fly With SAF in Both Engines
RAF’s Voyager Becomes the First Active Military Aircraft to Fly With SAF in Both Engines

21 Nov 2022, 03:23 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / RAF, Airbus, and Rolls-Royce wrote history with the first in-service military aircraft to carry out a flight powered only by SAF

 
Watch RAF’s Atlas Drop a Quad Bike Over Morocco During Its Longest-Range Airdrop
Watch RAF’s Atlas Drop a Quad Bike Over Morocco During Its Longest-Range Airdrop

18 Nov 2022, 04:12 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Known as RAF's "workhorse," the massive and rugged Atlas just completed its first long-range CDS insertion during Exercise Jezebel Sahara

 
This Is What the Future of Military Fast Jets Support Looks Like
This Is What the Future of Military Fast Jets Support Looks Like

7 Nov 2022, 05:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Together with BAE Systems, UK's Royal Air Force recently demonstrated some of the latest technologies for fast jet support

 
A Second Airbus Military Aircraft Successfully Conducts a Two-Hour Flight Powered by SAF
A Second Airbus Military Aircraft Successfully Conducts a Two-Hour Flight Powered by SAF

28 Oct 2022, 04:00 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Airbus loaded the engines of its tactical transport aircraft with blended sustainable fuel, than challenged it to complete very demanding maneuvers

 
RAF’s Typhoon and Chinook Play Cops and Robbers Over the Spectacular White Cliffs
RAF’s Typhoon and Chinook Play Cops and Robbers Over the Spectacular White Cliffs

4 Oct 2022, 05:26 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A special training in the breathtaking White Cliffs area in UK had Typhoon jets and Chinook helicopters pretending to be enemies

 
Decades-Old U.S. Warship Blasted From All Sides During a Rare Live Fire Test
Decades-Old U.S. Warship Blasted From All Sides During a Rare Live Fire Test

26 Sep 2022, 02:52 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / More than 1,455 pounds of high explosive launched from multiple ships and aircraft hit a former U.S. warship, sending it to the bottom of the ocean

 
Norway Will Try to Recover an USAF CV-22 Osprey That’s Been Stuck on a Nature Reserve
Norway Will Try to Recover an USAF CV-22 Osprey That’s Been Stuck on a Nature Reserve

8 Sep 2022, 05:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This USAF CV-22 Osprey managed to get stranded on a nature reserve in Norway, which is why a complicated process must be put in place for its recovery

 
The Next-Gen Brazilian Military Transport Behemoth Is Now Officially a Firefighter Too
The Next-Gen Brazilian Military Transport Behemoth Is Now Officially a Firefighter Too

7 Sep 2022, 04:40 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Embraer's C-390 Millennium is one of the best multi-role military transport aircraft out there, building on the legacy of Brazil's pioneering C-390