US F-15Es Used Laser-Guided Bombs Against Iranian Kamikaze Drones
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle crew attempted to take down Iranian long-range kamikaze drones using precision LJDAM laser-guided ...
Tag: Military aviation
Ukrainian Intelligence Burns Two Russian Be-12 Amphibious Aircraft in Crimea for the First Time in History
Recently, special forces of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate carried out another successful operation in temporarily occupied Crimea. What made this ...
American Attack Aircraft, Part 6: Experiments of the 1930s
In parallel with the production and deployment of the A-12 attack aircraft, the U.S. Army Air Corps tested several other ...
Inertial Navigation Systems: How It Works
An inertial navigation system is one of the earliest known methods for determining the position and orientation of moving objects. ...
Ukrainian Su-27 Pilot of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade Killed During Combat Mission in Zaporizhzhia Sector
On September 11, at around 1:30 p.m., Su-27 fighter pilot Major Oleksandr Borovyk of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade was ...
Turkey Makes Progress in Developing Fifth-Generation Fighter KAAN
Development of Turkey’s first fifth-generation fighter has reached a new phase, with the second KAAN prototype entering system integration. Two ...
First American Attack Aircraft, Part 5: Production A-12 “Shrike”
Although Curtiss won the 1931 competition for a new attack aircraft, its A-8 did not enter mass production. The main ...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: SDB Guided Bomb
In May 2024, reports confirmed that Ukrainian aviation had used U.S.-made GBU-39/B guided bombs, also known as SDBs – Small Diameter Bombs. ...
Photo of Ukrainian MiG-29 with Guided Glide Bomb Appears Online
A Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter has been photographed for the first time carrying an air-dropped munition equipped with a glide and ...