VIDEO F-16 Touch and GO followed by Barrel roll
Impressive flying display Belgian Airforce F-16 Solo Display team at RIAT 2016 Fairford airshow. This is probably one of my best videos which I’ve filmed last summer.
NEWS US Air Force grounds F-35 fighter jets
The US Air Force said Friday it has grounded 10 of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, just over a month after they were declared “combat ready.” The decision affecting the most expensive weapons system ever was made “due to the discovery of peeling and crumbling insulation in avionics cooling lines inside the fuel tanks,” the…
VIDEO Declassified footage from U.S. Air Force shows auto GCAS saves unconscious F-16 pilot
Auto GCAS is designed to prevent CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) mishaps by executing an automatic recovery maneuver when terrain impact is imminent. The system predicts those conditions by means of a continuous comparison between a trajectory prediction and a terrain profile that is generated from onboard terrain elevation data.
ALERT Close encounter between US Navy P-8 Poseidon and Russian Su-27
Russian Ministry of Defense statement: On September 7, 2016US Navy reconnaissance aircraft P-8 “Poseidon” tried twice to get close to the state border of the Russian Federation over the Black Sea without transponders. Su-27 fighters from Belbek airbase were scrambled. When Russian fighters approached the US reconnaissance aircraft for visual identification, American plane abruptly changed course to the opposite…
NEW VIDEO Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 performing an ultra low passage at Lutsk airbase
This video shows an Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 performing a low passage along a taxiway of the military airfield of at Lutsk airbase in northwestern Ukraine.
BREAKING Swiss Airforce F/A-18 is missing in the Alps, no contact with the pilot
Monday at around 16:30 (local time) an F/A-18 C (single seat) of the Swiss Air Force has been missing in the Alps area. Rescue team was immediately activated. UPDATE Wednesday Swiss find dead pilot from crashed Air Force F/A-18. UPDATE Tuesday Swiss search parties have found crashed air force fighter jet, still seeking pilot, Swiss Defense Ministry…
VIDEO Rare 14-Ship NATO Formation Over Baltic Sea
14 aircraft from 4 nations forming up behind a KC-135 over the Baltic Sea during the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2016 exercise. Aircraft include one USAF B-52, four USAF F-16s, two German Eurofighters, two Polish F-16s, and four Swedish JAS 39 Gripens.