Browsing: The Aviationist
Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82’, was…
DARPA has assigned the designation X-76 to the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) project, a Bell proof-of-concept technology demonstrator…
Three B-52H Stratofortress bombers deployed to RAF Fairford, joining B-1B Lancers deployed in the previous days and bringing to 11…
France completed a first operational test campaign of the NH90’s Special Forces variant, also called Standard 2, ahead of the…
French President Emmanuel Macron announced the extension of France’s nuclear deterrent to eight European nations, alongside the expansion of France’s…
Iranian F-14 fleet attacked at a base in central Iran believed to host all the remaining F-14s in Iranian service. …
The B-1B is the Lancer 86-0115 “Rage” regenerated from the Boneyard to be returned to active service, during a post-depot…
The UK has dispatched four more Typhoon FGR4s, two Wildcat HMA2s, and a Merlin HM2 ASaC towards the Middle East…
Four U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers arrived at RAF Fairford as the U.S. looks to “surge dramatically” the operations…
F-35s, F-22s and CF-18, supported by tankers and AWACS, were scrambled by NORAD to intercept two Russian Tu-142 operating in…