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Tactical Airlift Ops, Canadian Style: TACAIRNET Flies with 436 Squadron of the RCAF

May 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

It’s just after lunch on a cold, dreary Wednesday in Eastern Ontario, Canada. A pristine lake with mist settled above the waters sits quietly, surrounded by [read more...]

Navy to Explore Resurrecting the F-14 Tomcat to Replace the F-35

March 31, 2017 // 31 Comments

Under condition of anonymity, a senior-level official with the Navy has informed TACAIRNET that the service intends on bringing the F-14 Tomcat back from the graveyard to [read more...]

A Bulgarian Man Just Bought an Attack Helicopter to Combat Potential Terrorism by Himself

March 22, 2017 // 2 Comments

According to The Daily Mail and The Sun, a Bulgarian “migrant hunter”, Dinko Valev, has somehow managed to get his hands on an ex-Bulgarian Air Force Mil Mi-24 [read more...]

Nightwatch: The Air Force’s Doomsday Jet

March 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

It’s midsummer 1964 and the unthinkable has just happened. Radar picket stations frantically clog up the airwaves with congruently dire messages. The USSR has launched [read more...]

Harriers Could Gain the Upper Hand in a Dogfight by Literally Stopping Midair

February 19, 2017 // 3 Comments

Remember that scene in Top Gun when Maverick tells Goose that he’ll “hit the brakes” and the instructor pursuing him in an A-4 Skyhawk will just fly right [read more...]

How Combat Tree Made the F-4 Phantom II the Deadliest Fighter Over Vietnam in the 1970s

January 2, 2017 // 6 Comments

Imagine, as a fighter pilot, being able to see your enemy without them knowing you’re even in the area. Sounds like some newfangled stealth capability you’d [read more...]

Canada’s Next Top Guns: An Interview with an RCAF Trainee Pilot

January 1, 2017 // 2 Comments

The Royal Canadian Air Force is currently in that state of flux many modern militaries find themselves encountering when older equipment nears the end of their feasible [read more...]

Watch this Russian S-300 Surface-to-Air Missile Fail Epically

December 6, 2016 // 3 Comments

If you’re looking for a highly effective laxative that’s sure to clear your bowels explosively, look no further than the S-300 missile system. The video below [read more...]

Phantom Pharewell.

November 27, 2016 // 3 Comments

By Jan Mack, Melanie Mann, Ethan Garrity and Tom Demerly for TACAIRNET.com One of the most prolific and successful combat aircraft in history, the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 [read more...]

Watch These AH-64 Apaches Fly Through the Streets of Houston for Veterans Day

November 19, 2016 // 2 Comments

Flyovers and flypasts are pretty common in the United States. You see them before football games, during ceremonies, sometimes funerals for deceased military officers, and [read more...]

Japan’s 5th Generation Stealth Prototype Takes to the Skies for the First Time

by Ian D'Costa in In the News

The Mitsubishi X-2, Japan’s first foray into the world of 5th generation fighter aviation, took to the skies for its maiden flight just yesterday, lifting off with the traditional gear-down configuration from Nagoya Airfield, home of the Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation. Originally known as the ATD-X, the aircraft has been in development [read more...]