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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...]

Check out This Awesome Newly-Released Footage of Russian MiG-29SMTs in Action

by Ian D'Costa in The Ready Room

This fantastic video gives you a brief glimpse of what the view is like from inside the cockpit of a Russian MiG-29SMT while the pilot fires the Fulcrum’s 30 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 autocannon (at the 0:07 and 0:14 marks), and what seem to be unguided rockets at the very beginning of the video. The cannon’s muzzle is positioned [read more...]