Watch This A400M Atlas Showcase its STOL Abilities in High-Def
The Airbus A400M Atlas is Europe’s hybrid answer to the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, designed as a replacement for older “legacy” Hercs and [read more...]
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Watch This RAF Harrier Destroy Part of a Runway With its Thrust
The Royal Air Force’s Hawker Siddeley Harrier jumpjet was always a fan favor at the annual Bex air display in Bex, Switzerland, beginning in the 1970s, when the RAF [read more...]
Opinion: Hating the F-35 Has Become a Fad
By Armando Heredia and Ian D’Costa for The Tactical Air Network We won’t beat around the bush. Simply put — it’s now popular to “hate” [read more...]
Ferrari Got its Logo from Italy’s Highest-Scoring WWI Fighter Pilot
Ever wonder where one of the most famous sports/luxury car manufacturers got its logo from? Interestingly enough, it had absolutely nothing to do with cars and everything to [read more...]
Why Do We Have the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds Jet Teams?
By Tom Demerly for TACAIRNET.com Thursday, June 2 2016 was a devastating day in the U.S. military. A total of six deaths have been reported between the Army and Navy and an [read more...]
Chasing the U-2 Dragon Lady
The Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady was arguably one of Clarence “Kelly” Johnson’s finest Cold War innovations. Able to fly at altitudes in excess of 70,000 feet, [read more...]
Boeing’s New 2040C Eagle Commercial is Incredibly Badass!
The US Air Force is currently saddled with a quandary plaguing its air superiority capabilities. With fighter platforms aging rapidly without suitable replacements available, [read more...]
Opinion: We Need to Stop Speculating on Plane Crashes Right After They Happen
It’s human nature to ask questions and to derive inferences from information we still haven’t fully processed mentally. It’s also human nature to attempt [read more...]
The RAF Commemorated the Legendary Dam Busters Raid Today with these Incredible Composite Images
F-35 “trigger alert”. If mentions of the F-35 offend you, please retreat to your safe space now! No. 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was one of the most [read more...]
A US Army Apache was Involved in Bizarre Incident at Ft. Irwin
The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, was host to one of the most bizarre incidents to have taken place this year, involving Army Aviation. According to [read more...]
