Military Aviation

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An Airplane Without an Airfield: How the Harrier Became the West's Most Unusual Combat Jet
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In June 2026, the U.S. Marine Corps officially retired its last AV-8B Harrier IIs. The aircraft, which for more than forty years remained a symbol of American ...

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Aviators of World War I. SAML Aviatik A.1(3) Reconnaissance Aircraft. Italy
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All articles in the series   When, in August 1914, following the infamous Sarajevo incident, tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia rapidly ...

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Is the American sixth-generation fighter already in the air? A strange aircraft was spotted in the sky over Area 51
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A new chapter in the global aviation mystery has unfolded around the secret U.S. Air Force test facility at Groom Lake, better known to the general public as ...

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A Breakthrough or a Desecration? Russia Has Come Up With a Way to Remove Jet Engines from Airplanes
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An article from the "One and a Half Engineers" channel. In aviation, there’s a rule that seemed set in stone: to move forward, you have to expel something ...

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MH-53E Sea Dragon: A helicopter that hunted not ships, but sea mines
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There are some real stars among military helicopters. Everyone knows the “Apache,” and many have heard of the “Black Hawk” or the giant CH-53 Super Stallion. ...

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"The Flying Barrel." A restored Grumman F3F-2 biplane deck-based fighter
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An article from the magazine *Klassiker der Luftfahrt* (January 2015 issue) that I think will be of interest to readers and colleagues.   ...

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Work is underway in the U.S. on a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) transport aircraft. The "Aurora X-Plane" program—first details
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When I first came across this news, I initially thought it was all part of the alternative aviation scene. This plane looks so fantastical. However, as it ...

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What's that strange antenna on the Su-34? We reveal the secret behind the latest upgrade to the Russian fighter-bomber
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In recent weeks, there has been active discussion within the expert community about an intriguing detail spotted on the Su-34 frontline bombers of the Russian ...

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Experimental Soviet Aircraft as Seen by the West: The Tu-8 Long-Range Bomber and the Tu-2RSHR Heavy Ground-Attack Aircraft
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Here is a short vintage article from *Air Trial* magazine (February 1953 issue) that I think will be of interest to readers and colleagues. The actual ...

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The maiden flight of Otto Aerospace’s revolutionary bullet-shaped business jet, the Phantom 3500, is drawing ever closer. Why is it called the “Holy Grail” of aviation?
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The American company Otto Aerospace, formerly known as Otto Aviation, has announced a major milestone in the development of its next-generation business jet, ...

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