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German Eurofighter Typhoon pilots “shot down” several F-22 Raptors during the 2012 Red Flag Alaska exercises. The F-22 Raptor was still relatively new at...
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The SR-71 Blackbird holds multiple speed and altitude records that have never been broken. On September 1, 1974, an SR-71 flew from New York...
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China or Iran doesn’t need to sink U.S. Navy aircraft carriers to neutralize them — they just need to light them on fire. A...
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Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 Felon is widely considered the worst-performing stealth fighter. Sukhoi’s own patent describes the Su-57 having a frontal radar cross-section of 0.1...
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A-10 Warthog pilots ran their air conditioning at full blast in -20°F Alaska winters. The reason: “dress to egress.” Pilots wore 3 layers of...
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The SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most novel aircraft of the Cold War. The reconnaissance jet operated at 85,000+ feet at Mach 3+...
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The F-22 Raptor has struggled with readiness rates throughout its service life, with numbers in recent years particularly troubling. Readiness has been a perennial...
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With the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford finally heading home after what has become the longest U.S. Navy carrier deployment since the Vietnam...
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The U.S. Navy originally planned 32 Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers. Only 3 were built — USS Zumwalt, USS Michael Monsoor, and USS Lyndon B. Johnson....
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The U.S. Navy might consider whether to build smaller “medium” aircraft carriers alongside its Nimitz and Ford-class supercarriers. The concept is called CVV. The...