The A-5’s max takeoff weight was 63,085 pounds. To put the A-5s size in perspective consider that the F-14 Tomcat, itself one ...

The F-89’s horizontal stabilizer was positioned in a distinctive forward-leaning configuration—which gave the aircraft’s tail ...

Ground attack aircraft don't always get the same level of fame that fighter jets do, but they have long served a critical ...

On Thursday, April 24, two Swedish fighters under NATO command escorted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that was flying over the Baltic Sea and was approaching Polish airspace. A post on "X" ...

"For example, production of weapons, communications, reconnaissance and electronic warfare systems more than doubled. The troops received over 4,000 units of armoured weapons, 180 combat aircraft and ...

In 1965, an army aviation unit, comprising small fixed-wing planes and various models of helicopters, was raised to support operations in the Vietnam War. From 1965 to 1972, 161 Independent ...

Drone carriers are valuable not only for their ability to deploy uncrewed reconnaissance/strike aircraft. They can also help save on costs: training drone pilots is easier and faster than training jet ...

Boeing Co. has begun flying 737 Max jets that were refused by Chinese airline customers back to the US, as the trade war between the two biggest economies escalates. The jet, at Boeing’s ...

The pro-Kremlin milblogger “FighterBomber,” who has links to Russia’s aerospace forces (VKS), said on Telegram on Tuesday that Su-35S fighter aircraft (NATO: Flanker) were being used for airborne ...

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Ousted Syrian ruler used private jet to move cash, valuables, and documents to Abu Dhabi, sources say Plane made four flights in last days of Assad's regime, the last one from Russian base Jet ...