Month: November 2023

[ad_1] File photo of an Israeli F-35I with four GBU-31s in the foreground (IAF) The Adirs are usually flying with GBU-31 JDAM bombs and are also employing them at danger close ranges during CAS scenarios. New details are emerging regarding the use of the Israeli F-35I Adir 5th gen fighters during the Israel-Hamas conflict in …

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[ad_1] One of the F-16s in the hangar before departing for Romania. (Photo: Dutch Minister of Defense) The EFTC’s F-16s, which remain property of the Netherlands, will be used to train Ukrainian and Romanian pilots. The first batch of five F-16s flew from the Netherlands to Romania earlier today to be assigned to the new …

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[ad_1] The rendering of the Thanatos UAV design released by Kratos. (Image: Kratos) The design has been in the works at least since 2019 and Kratos is already in discussions with a customer for a possible contract next year. Few days ago, Kratos unveiled for the first time a rendering of its new Thanatos UAV …

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[ad_1] A screenshot from the video by @rikizomisono. In the box, a Boeing diagram of the peculiar F-15 air inlets design. Here’s a rare look at “magic” of the F-15 Eagle’s moving air intakes. The video in this post is quite remarkable: shot during a recent rehearsals of the Gifu Air Base Air Festival (that …

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[ad_1] An edited Lockheed Martin artwork showing the SR-72 concept released by Lockheed Martin in 2013. In the box The cranked-kite planform that alluded to the Northrop Grumman RQ-180 White Bat in a screenshot from a 2021 USAF video. (Image credit: The Aviationist) The classified aircraft, built by the Skunk Works, would be more capable …

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[ad_1] A screenshot from the IAF video showing the air-to-air missile about to hit the cruise missile. The kill, scored against a missile likely launched from Yemen, is the first interception of this kind by the 5th gen fighter. The Israeli Air Force disclosed today that one of its F-35I Adir fighters recently shot down …

In A First, Israeli F-35I Adir Shoots Down Cruise Missile Read More »