Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

The Canadian Senate is Now Pushing Back Against Plans to Buy the Super Hornet for the RCAF

May 9, 2017 // 6 Comments

The Canadian Senate’s Committee on National Security and Defence has urged the Trudeau government to nix plans to buy the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet as [read more...]

First Civilian Airshow F-35A Heritage Flight.

September 17, 2016 // 3 Comments

The U.S. Air Force F-35A Demo Team flew its first Heritage Flight with a P-51 and F-22 in Cleveland: Here is the report. [read more...]

The Canadian Government Has Dropped Its Original Plan to Buy Super Hornets for The RCAF

July 21, 2016 // 8 Comments

The Royal Canadian Air Force might have to wait a little longer to receive a replacement for its rapidly-aging CF-188 Legacy Hornets, thanks to the Justin Trudeau-led [read more...]

The Canadian Government Has Apparently Already Decided on the Super Hornet

June 6, 2016 // 6 Comments

According to The National Post, the Canadian government has apparently already made an unofficial decision to buy the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to replace Canada’s [read more...]

Dropping a Fully-Loaded Super Hornet 20 Feet

January 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Aircraft designed to operate from the decks of seagoing aircraft carriers need to have extremely resilient landing gear, allowing them to withstand the effects of carrier [read more...]

Improving the Typhoon’s Aerodynamics

July 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

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

April 30, 2015 // 11 Comments

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...]

Wider F-35 Aircraft Replacement Scheme in the Works For NATO

April 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

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

March 23, 2015 // 41 Comments

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...]

Interview with a Vampire

August 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

Interview and images: Alan Kenny – TACAIRNET LT Patrick ‘Fab’ Martin is a pilot and Operational Test Director (OTD) for the EA-18G Software Configuration [read more...]