Fighter aircraft

Watch This Eurofighter Typhoon Accelerate Like The Beast It Is

January 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Eurofighter Typhoon is arguably the hottest (and costliest) aircraft to come out of Europe over the past 25 years or so. A swing-role 4.5th Generation fighter, it flies [read more...]

Redeveloping the F-4 Phantom II into a Mach 3+ Fighter/Spy Plane

June 18, 2015 // 13 Comments

Few aircraft in history have flown to the same level of distinction as McDonnell Douglas’ F-4 Phantom II. It was the jet that ushered in a new age of fighter aviation, [read more...]

MiGFlug Can Take You to the Edge of Space for a Fairly Reasonable Price

June 3, 2015 // 4 Comments

If you’ve got $18,500 USD to spare and a valid passport, you might as well give MiGFlug a call to book the flight of a lifetime. The organization whose tagline is [read more...]

68 Years Ago Today: Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier.

October 14, 2014 // 4 Comments

By Tom Demerly for ALERT 5. When a manned aircraft approaches the speed of the sound it is thought to reach an invisible barrier. A barrier defined by physics. An [read more...]

Preflight 12/13/2013

December 13, 2013 // 0 Comments

F-35 Gets a New Tailhook USNI reports that the controversial F-35C (carrier variant) will receive a newer functional tailhook soon, hopefully allowing it to commence [read more...]

Preflight 12/11/2013

December 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

New Russian “Light” Fighter in Development According to RIA Novosti, Russia will begin the development of an “advanced lightweight” fighter aircraft [read more...]

Preflight 12/8/2013

December 8, 2013 // 0 Comments

Elbit Systems to Provide Hardware for Gripens According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Elbit Systems has disclosed that they will be the primary contractor in providing hardware [read more...]

Cockpit of the Future

September 16, 2013 // 0 Comments

The cockpits of fighter aircraft have come a very long way since the early days of canvas and wood biplanes. Originally, not much attention was paid to its design and layout [read more...]

The EF-111 Raven Managed to Take Down an Iraqi Mirage… Without Ever Firing a Shot

September 10, 2013 // 7 Comments

Rewind to the early hours of January 17th, 1991, in dark Middle Eastern skies. You’re flying in a two-seater General Dynamics EF-111 Raven, a heavily modified F-111 [read more...]

Lance

August 27, 2013 // 0 Comments

Few fighter aircraft have had the distinction of remaining in military service for more than 40 years. Their longevity is a testament to their construction, the ingenuity of [read more...]