360 Degree Video: Low Level Flight in a Super Hornet
Not too long ago, I shared a 360-degree video created by the Patrouille Suisse, the Swiss Air Force’s jet demonstration team. The cool thing about 360-degree videos [read more...]
Boeing F/A-18 Hornet
The Sneakiest Pass of All Sneak Passes
The sneak pass is probably one of my most favorite maneuvers performed by the US Navy’s Blue Angels and the US Air Force’s Thunderbirds. Typically executed by the [read more...]
Take a Ride with the Blues Angels in This Video
Chances are that if you’re interested in aviation in some way or another, especially military aviation, you’ve more than likely wanted to fly with the Blue [read more...]
Improving the Typhoon’s Aerodynamics
How do you make a swing-role air superiority fighter deadlier and more maneuverable than it already is? The boffins at Airbus Defence and Space have somehow managed to do [read more...]
The Blue Angels Need to Find a Suitable Replacement for Their Aging Hornets
The Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) F/A-18A/B/C/D “Legacy” Hornet has functioned as the primary demonstration jet of the Blue Angels since 1986. The Blues have [read more...]
The Raptor Showing Us Why It’s a Superior Dogfighter
Scott Stringham is a photographer, and like Jim Mumaw whose work we shared earlier, he’s a damn good one. Not too long ago, at Hill AFB’s annual airshow, Scott [read more...]
Wider F-35 Aircraft Replacement Scheme in the Works For NATO
Sources close to the TACAIRNET team have just hit us with a major development… The F-35 Lightning II, the Swiss Army knife of fighter aircraft, has been designed to [read more...]
YF-23 Could Set the Stage for Northrop Grumman’s Next Generation Fighter Proposal
In January of this year, Northrop Grumman let word slip that they were planning on developing a sixth-generation fighter for the U.S. Air Force, serving as a third competitor [read more...]
CF-15SE “Silent Eagle”
The CF-188 Hornet has served the Canadian Forces for more than three decades as its primary (and only) frontline air defense fighter. As you can imagine, it’s getting [read more...]
It’s Time to Widen the Celebration of Aviation and Expand the Air Show!
Towards the end of the summer holiday, I had the chance to head to Toronto’s air show, closing off the Canadian National Exhibition and ushering in the dreaded school [read more...]
