Why The Future Anglo-Japanese Fighter Is HUGE

Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) is the not-so-catchy name of the Anglo-Japanese future generation jet fighter to roll out in the mid-2030s. Although the name is new, the plane’s legacy stems from its long-winding development efforts – Japan for its F-X efforts, and the UK for its BAE Systems Tempest effort. New Fighter For a […] More

The Planes You’ve Probably Never Seen Before

The Century Series project is a way of thinking about research, development, manufacturing, and airplanes in service. The shapes of these planes are also instantly recognizable.  Learn more about the final entries of the Century Series: the F-105, F-106, and the elusive F-107. The Republic F-105 Thunderchief This plane was an internal Republic Aviation project […] More

Why the Air Force is Screaming to Retire the A-10 Warthog

The US Air Force plans to retire the old A-10 Warthog attack jet within the next 5 years.  However, there’s only one problem – there isn’t a dedicated close air support platform to replace it yet, making pilots worry that troops on the ground won’t be getting the air support they need in the next […] More

The Plane with the Most Insane Cannons of WW2

The Westland Whirlwind is a highly capable twin-engine heavy fighter and also one of the fastest combat aircraft when it first took the skies. Apart from that, it was also the most heavily armed fighter in the world.  This was all thanks to one of the most insane cannons – the Hispano-Suiza HS.404. Four Hispano-Suiza […] More

5 Facts About Britain’s Strange WWII Bomber

The Vickers Wellington is a British two-engined, long-range medium bomber that became the main medium bomber aircraft of the Royal Air Force during the Start of World War II. Here are five facts about this strange bomber: 1. It outlasted many of its 1930’s designed contemporaries The Wellington was designed as early as 1932, meeting […] More

Luftwaffe Testing Its Destructive Power Over a Spanish Town

German pilots rained destruction on the Basque town of Guernica, as its residents experienced the most harrowing moments of their lives.  Meanwhile, for the Luftwaffe, it was an opportunity to refine their techniques, making them unstoppable. Formidable Force Created just a year before, in 1935, the German Luftwaffe was already shaping itself up to become […] More

Why Does No One Ever Beat the F-15 Eagle?

There’s no doubt that the F-15 Eagle is one of the most iconic fighter jets of all time. After all, it has been in service with the United States Air Force for over four decades. It had a reputation for being virtually unbeatable when it comes to air-to-air combat and holds a record of having […] More

F-35 FAILED ENGINE APPROACH

Pretty Impressive Stuff In this footage, we get to see the F-35 of RAF Lakenheath carry out a high key low approach, a kind of engine approach in case there’s an engine failure.  This means that this is just a simulated approach, and it shows us the approach procedure should an engine failure happen. It’s […] More

Iwo Jima and Okinawa Combat Veteran Shares His Toughest Experiences

Robert Perschitti is a WWII veteran who served in the Navy aboard the USS El Dorado during the fighting in Okinawa and Iwo Jima. 24-year-old YouTuber Rishi Sharma, an avid WWII enthusiast on a mission to meet and interview every living WWII veteran of the Allied countries, filmed an interview back in October 2022 with […] More

Russia’s New Stealth Bomber – the Invisible PAK-DA

Strategic bomber aviation has been a long-time pride of the Soviet and Russian Air Force, and now the time has come for it to enter a new era of warfare. This is the story of the first new Russian bomber after 40 years of silence. Is it a new cutting-edge design or just another expensive […] More

Enormous, Beautiful, Deadly – the Latécoère 631

The Latecoere 631 was in every sense a flying behemoth. In the 1930s, transatlantic flights were booming, and in 1936, the Directorate General for Civil Aviation in France issued a specification for a 20-passenger flying boat airliner with a range of 6,000 kilometers.  Development In October 1937, Latecoere finalized their new and updated version of […] More

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