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Category: The Ready Room

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

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

It’s just after lunch on a cold, dreary Wednesday in Eastern Ontario, Canada. A pristine lake with mist settled above the waters … Continue reading Tactical Airlift Ops, Canadian Style: TACAIRNET Flies with 436 Squadron of the RCAF

Navy to Explore Resurrecting the F-14 Tomcat to Replace the F-35
The Ready Room

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

Under condition of anonymity, a senior-level official with the Navy has informed TACAIRNET that the service intends on bringing the … Continue reading Navy to Explore Resurrecting the F-14 Tomcat to Replace the F-35

Nightwatch: The Air Force’s Doomsday Jet
The Hangar, The Ready Room

Nightwatch: The Air Force’s Doomsday Jet

It’s midsummer 1964 and the unthinkable has just happened. Radar picket stations frantically clog up the airwaves with congruently dire … Continue reading Nightwatch: The Air Force’s Doomsday Jet

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

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

Remember that scene in Top Gun when Maverick tells Goose that he’ll “hit the brakes” and the instructor pursuing him … Continue reading Harriers Could Gain the Upper Hand in a Dogfight by Literally Stopping Midair

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

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

Imagine, as a fighter pilot, being able to see your enemy without them knowing you’re even in the area. Sounds … Continue reading How Combat Tree Made the F-4 Phantom II the Deadliest Fighter Over Vietnam in the 1970s

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

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

The Royal Canadian Air Force is currently in that state of flux many modern militaries find themselves encountering when older … Continue reading Canada’s Next Top Guns: An Interview with an RCAF Trainee Pilot

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

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

If you’re looking for a highly effective laxative that’s sure to clear your bowels explosively, look no further than the … Continue reading Watch this Russian S-300 Surface-to-Air Missile Fail Epically

Phantom Pharewell.
Airshow Insider, The Ready Room

Phantom Pharewell.

By Jan Mack, Melanie Mann, Ethan Garrity and Tom Demerly for TACAIRNET.com One of the most prolific and successful combat … Continue reading Phantom Pharewell.

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

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

Flyovers and flypasts are pretty common in the United States. You see them before football games, during ceremonies, sometimes funerals … Continue reading Watch These AH-64 Apaches Fly Through the Streets of Houston for Veterans Day

Into The Kill Box
Airshow Insider, The Ready Room

Into The Kill Box

Aerial combat is a more brutal affair than Hollywood could ever show. We go inside a combat demo at Nellis AFB. Continue reading Into The Kill Box

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