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Why Modern Aircraft Still Crash and How Each Tragedy Shapes Aviation Safety
The Air India Flight 171 accident in July this year came as a shock to both the public and aviation...
First American Attack Aircraft, Part 4: On the Eve of the 1930s
In the early 1930s, the U.S. finally introduced its first production attack aircraft: the Curtiss A-3 biplane. The plane proved...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: Modern Long-Range ERAM Missiles
The Trump administration has approved the sale of 3,350 long-range ERAM missiles to Ukraine. In this piece, we’ll take a...
Weapon of Ukrainian Victory: Saab ASC 890 Early Warning and Control Aircraft (Saab 340 AEW&C)
Recently, it was announced that Sweden provided Ukraine with a Saab ASC 890 (Saab 340 AEW&C) early warning and control...
American Attack Aircraft, Part 3: The First Production Variants
As mentioned in the previous part, in 1925 the leadership of the U.S. Army Air Service concluded that large, armored...
First American Attack Aircrafts, Part 2: Alternative Projects of the Early 1920s
The GA-1 and GA-2 aircraft, discussed in the first part of this series, were not the only early American attempts...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: AASM/HAMMER Precision-Guided Bombs
Almost every week, reports emerge of successful use by Ukrainian aviation of French-made precision-guided bombs (PGBs), known as AASM or...
The First American Attack Aircrafts: Development Path, Part 1
I’m willing to bet that many of my readers are fans of one of the iconic American combat aircraft – the A-10...
“The Drone Drops a Grenade” – or How the Pentagon Was Embarrassed
What was meant to be a showcase turned into a digital embarrassment. The Pentagon attempted to highlight its drone capabilities – specifically,...