General Interest
Duotech General Interest Posts
The Odd Looking Ultra Hump-back Tactical Fighter/Bomber
The 1950s and 1960s were a busy time for U.S. fighter jet development. Aircraft like the P-80 Shooting Star, introduced in 1945, brought America into the jet age. The war in Korea demanded even quicker, more agile fighters to stem the heavy U.S. losses of P-80s to...
Hunter Killers – Anti-Submarine Warfare and Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
It’s low light, and the blue sky melts into brilliant oranges and pinks as the sun sets low on the ocean’s horizon. The silhouette of a very large cargo ship sails quietly across the sea, fourteen miles out of the Port of Charleston (SC) on its way to destinations...
Jet Friday – Strange and Unusual – The Soviet Union’s VVA-14
Cruising silently off the coast of northeastern Russia, a very unique weapon patrols the deep, dark, cold waters of the East Siberian Sea. Launched in December of 1959, the USS George Washington (SSBN-598), a nuclear-powered submarine, is the first of its kind to...
WP-3D and WC-130 Flying Into The Storm
Hurricane Hunter Aircraft In the Atlantic Ocean, they are called hurricanes. In the Pacific, typhoons. When they are approaching the United States, not everyone is trying to avoid the storm. Some men and women jump into aircraft and fly directly into the storm...for...
Working and Living on a U.S. Submarine
Previously, we’ve shared articles about aircraft carriers and fighter aircraft taking off from carriers. One example of this is our Working and Living on a U.S. Aircraft Carrier, which includes links to videos from the Carl Vinson, Nimitz, and Roosevelt. These...
Barrel Roll Over A Russian Bear
In 1986, we had TOPGUN the movie, an action drama about Naval aviators attending the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program commonly referred to as TOPGUN. In it, the star Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, explains to an astrophysicist civilian...
Duotech’s Airborne Radar Test Platform Has Arrived
On June 5, 2021, Dan Bader, COO of Duotech Services, arrived at the Macon County Airport (1A5) with Duotech Services' latest radar system testing platform, a Cessna 425 Conquest 1. The weather was perfect for the midday landing at 1A5 located in Franklin, NC. When the...
F-15 Sets World Record But Then The SU-27 Takes It Away
The F-4 Phantom and MiG-25 Foxbat were both fast and powerful fighter aircraft. Between the two, they held many world speed records for time to climb (time-to-altitude), meaning the time it takes to fly from the earth’s surface to certain known altitudes. One of those...
The New F-15EX Eagle II Sees Its First Training Mission
The F-15 Eagle is a dominant air-to-air platform. This all-weather tactical fighter was introduced into service in July 1972. The primary user for the highly maneuverable twin-engine jet is the United States Air Force, but it has also been exported to Japan, Saudi...
Jet Friday: Train to Fight. Train to Win. Red Flag Exercise
“It’s not a contest or a competition. There are no winners or losers. It’s about training and saving lives.” ~ Narrator, Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag Above a 12,700 square mile area of desert in Nevada, F-15 Eagles from the United States Air Force, Eurofighter...
Switzerland’s History With The F-5 Freedom Fighter
The single-seat, supersonic light fighter F-5 has been in service since 1964 with the United States Air Force. This agile, reliable jet provided great engine performance to its user with low operational costs. Its service life began as the F-5A (single-seat) and F-5B...
All Female C-17 Flight Crew and Parachutists for Women’s History Month
During Women’s History Month in March, the United States Army and Air Force teamed up to celebrate the women of the U.S. military. This was achieved with an all-female flight and airdrop on March 17, 2021. The all-woman C-17 Globemaster III aircrews were with the...
