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American soldiers were surrounded by the enemy deep in the heart of Vietnam. Their time was running out with every second wasted, but the thick jungle canopy and the treetops made it difficult for conventional aircraft to assist them. The men on the ground called for immediate close air support,
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At the dawn of the Gulf War in early 1991, the skies over the Middle East became a dangerous gauntlet. Among the large forces sent by the Royal Air Force to liberate Kuwait were only 12 models of a supersonic jet attack aircraft: the aging SEPECAT Jaguar. Dismissed as obsolete,
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According to an interview with RAF pilot Bud Abbott, it was: “A flying abortion.” The Fairy Barracuda was freakishly constructed with high wings, a T-tail, and L-shaped landing gear. It was underpowered and impossible to see out of. Yet here it was, about to take on the mightiest ship that
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On June 13, 1944, the citizens of London awoke to an eerie but puzzling buzz approaching the city. The morning stillness was shattered when the buzzing stopped and a strange aircraft plummeted from the sky, hitting a railway bridge and unleashing 1,800 pounds of explosive force. The bizarre aircraft
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Join AOPA’s Air Safety Institute Senior Vice President Mike Ginter as he flies with the TITAN Aerobatic Team at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Take a look at how the Titan Team safely and with precision execute their tight-formation aerobatics routine. Peak Performance videos explore high-risk, high-performing flight operations
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The Messerschmitt Me 329 was a design project for a heavy fighter and ground-attack aircraft, developed towards the end of World War II. It was a competitor and possible successor to the Me 410. Like the Me 265, the Me 329 used an advanced flying wing design. Other advanced features
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On the evening of September 26, Shenzhen hosted a spectacular drone show themed "City of Sky, Maybe Shenzhen" above Shenzhen Bay Park. A total of 10,197 drones took to the sky simultaneously, setting two Guinness World Records: "The most multirotor/drones airborne simultaneously from a single
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The Vietnam War, with its relentless brutality, exposed a weakness in America's military machine that could no longer be ignored. The venerable C-130 Hercules, once the backbone of U.S. tactical airlift, was faltering under the demands of remote, unforgiving combat zones where short, rough airstrips turned every
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Boeing just released this pilot's seat video of an F-15 flight. Experience the jets' power and agility — straight from the cockpit of the F-15 demo routine. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following
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A stunning display of 8,100 drones lit up night sky over Shenzhen, China, setting a new Guinness World Record for the most drones flying simultaneously. The drone light shows in the video were performed at the Universiade Sports Center on September 4 and 5. These two performances successfully broke
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Take a look behind the scenes of the Oshkosh Drone Show and also see the highlights of the 2024 EAA Oshkosh Airshow. The growing aerial art form of lighted drones came to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2024, as Starlight Aerial Productions brought its spectacular displays to night air shows on
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Ukraine has received its first American-made F-16 fighter jets, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said on August 4th.. "F-16s in Ukraine. We did it," President Zelensky said at a ceremony at an unnamed airbase, flanked by two of the planes. But the Ukrainian F-16s have a feature that is