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Jet Friday – Introducing the F-16C – Early 80s Video from Inside the Cockpit
When the F-16A/B Fighting Falcon was first introduced into service over four decades ago, it was developed to be a premier air superiority aircraft. To gain the advantage over its opponent in a dogfight, the F-16 was designed with a one-piece polycarbonate bubble...
Jet Friday: The SLUF A-7 Corsair II
The A-4 Skyhawk was a single-seat delta wing subsonic jet-powered carrier-capable aggressor aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. It was instrumental during the Vietnam War, launching from carriers stationed at Yankee Station in the South China Sea just...
Australia’s Beautiful Landscapes From an F-18 Cockpit – RAAF Hornet Ball 2020
Each year the U.S. Navy celebrates the expeditionary flights of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet strike-fighter community in an event called the Hornet Ball. To demonstrate the achievements of the pilots and their aircraft, the F/A-18 Hornet, the Navy shares a compilation...
“What Does That Button Do?” A Fighter Pilot Identifies F-15 Cockpit Controls
The F-15 fighter jet is an all-weather tactical fighter that is highly maneuverable with superior acceleration. Even though it was introduced in 1976, this twin-engine jet is still one of the U.S. Air Force’s top air superiority fighter jets. It has an impressive...
Time Lapse of Desert Storm’s Air War on Day 1
On January 16, 1991, coalition armed forces led by the United States and comprised of 35 other countries were in the final hours of preparation. A United Nations resolution deadline of January 15, 1991, stating Iraq should leave Kuwait had passed. For many weeks,...
U.S. Air Force’s New Virtual Training Center at Nellis AFB
Military pilots are not born in a cockpit. Many may have the personality that makes them fearless and highly competitive, but they need to be taught to fly and the tactics to win. Just like a professional athlete, to be the best in the world, you have to train and...
#JetFriday – This Pilot’s Jet Backpack Is Awesome!
It is most kids' dream to have the ability to fly. Some take that dream and make it a career by learning to fly in the military, commercially, or even just privately. But many of us just continue to look up at the sky and dream about ‘what if’. During the Space Age,...
Jet Friday: The Performance of F-35 Lightning from a Pilot Who Flies It
The F-35 Lightning II is a high performance, stealth, multirole combat aircraft. Its single Pratt and Whitney F135 turbojet engine propels this extremely smart platform up to Mach 1.6 at 1,200 MPH. After it was chosen as the Joint Strike Fighter program winner in...
7 Applications of Military Radar Systems
As with many new technologies the public uses daily, many originally come from solutions to military problems. GPS made its big debut during Desert Storm/Shield in 1991. The Cold War prompted a need for the U.S. military to establish ARPANET, the beginning of the...
Jet Friday: AI Vs Pilot The Outcome Could Change Aerial Warfare Forever
In July 2021, an unmanned jet aircraft will face off against a human-operated fighter jet. What are the pros and cons of both sides of this battle? What can this test mean to the future of manned military fighter aircraft? Its a beautiful, blue-sky day and a young man...
Early Warning Sound Mirrors Protected Great Britain Before Radar
During World War I, wartime aircraft started out simply as reconnaissance platforms, flying over and behind enemy lines to relay troop movements. As the war progressed, pilots would eventually carry weapons on their aircraft. This required them to fly further to...
Holloman High-Speed Test Track – Hypersonic Sled Tests Reach Mach 8.6
Toward the end of World War II, the world turned its attention to developing the turbojet engine. The Germans were the first to get an operational fighter jet, the Messerschmitt ME 262, into the war followed shortly by the British Royal Air Force. Neither entered...
