Month: October 2023

[ad_1] A screengrab from Google Earth showing the Darkstar movie prop outside a hangar in Palmdale. (Image credit: Google) The famous Darkstar of “Top Gun: Maverick” can be seen on Google Earth at Lockheed’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale. More or less one year ago today, the fictional Lockheed Skunk Works Darkstar hypersonic test aircraft prop used …

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[ad_1] A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron “Mighty Black Panthers” lands in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, Oct. 13, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Josephine Pepin) The United States is continuing to reinforce its posture to deter additional regional actors from …

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[ad_1] The TC-135W after landing at Malta International Airport (Image credit: Marcel-Rudi Mantaj) One of the two training-configured TC-135W aircraft made an appearance at the Malta International Air Show 2023, last month. The annual airshow organized by the Malta Aviation Society at the Malta International Airport in Luqa, has always attracted some really “exotic” attendees. …

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[ad_1] Rendering of an RAF RG.1 Protector. (Image created by The Aviationist using GA ASI image and 31 Sqn badge). On October 11, 2023, the formerly disbanded RAF No. 31 Squadron conducted its reformation parade. It will become the first RAF RG.1 Protector unit. Last Wednesday, a reformation parade was held at RAF Waddington to …

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[ad_1] File photo od two Danish F-16s. (Photo: Danish Armed Forces) With Argentina looking to modernize its armed forces, Danish F-16s and Norwegian P-3s might soon be on their way to South America. After years of attempts, Argentina might finally be able to acquire western aircraft to modernize its armed forces. On Oct.11, 2023, the …

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[ad_1] RAIDER X is Sikorsky’s prototype for the US Army FARA program (Photo Lockheed Martin) The RAIDER X prototype was unveiled at the annual AUSA 2023 conference. The annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2023 conference became the venue where Sikorsky finally released photos of its entry to the U.S. Army Future Attack …

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[ad_1] File photo of a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Nicholas Priest) A second squadron of A-10s has been deployed to support the United States’ increased deterrence posture, while the BTF appears to be preplanned and unrelated to the recent events. Additional U.S. Air Force aircraft arrived …

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[ad_1] An F-15 Baz takes off with three GBU-31(V)1 JDAM bombs for a strike mission. (Photo: Israeli Air Force) The Israeli Air Force is employing (almost) all its available aircraft day and night since the fighting erupted, dropping hundreds of tons of ordnance on Hamas targets and evacuating hundreds of casualties. The Israeli Defence Forces …

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[ad_1] An image of a RSAF F-15SG using the A3R system during the tests with the RSAF A330MRTT (Image credit: Airbus) The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will become the first Air Force in the world to have a boom automatic refuelling capability with all of its receivers. In 2020, an Airbus MRTT test …

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[ad_1] USS Gerald R. Ford (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) The U.S. is considering deploying USS Eisenhower along USS Ford in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, in what would be a massive show of force. Following the Hamas attack on Israel, the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered USS Gerald …

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