In the years of the Second World War, massive formations of aircraft going down the runway at the same time was a common sight at airports across the world. For lack of a better comparison, some ...
A seven-ship dissimilar formation with B-2A, B-1B, B-52H, F-22A, F-15C, F-16C and A-10C showcased the Air Force’s capabilities at the Air and Sea Show in Miami Beach. In a ceremonial flypast during ...
The thrills of formation aerobatics in the legendary F-104 Starfighter. Here I am, in the cockpit of an F-104G of the 28° Gruppo (Squadron) belonging to the 3° Stormo (Wing), of the Aeronautica ...
The Battle of Britain was a collection of countless aerial encounters between German and British pilots that span for over 3 months. Over 4,000 pilots lost their lives during that time, and over 3,700 ...
The US Air Force (USAF) on 2 July for the first time flew advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars on four fighter aircraft in a ‘four-ship’ formation. A combined development and ...
Feb 14 (Reuters) - (This Feb. 13 story has been corrected to specify that NATO's reporting name for the aircraft designated by Flanker is Su-27, not Su-28, in paragraph 5) Two Dutch F-35 fighters ...