Basically, EC725 is the further development of Eurocopter AS532 Cougar, improving upon the design with a five-blade composite main rotor incorporating a new airfoil shape to reduce vibration levels. Introduce The EC-725 Caracal helicopter, with an estimated cost of $ 20 million each, is an Airbus long-range tactical transport helicopter. […]
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First two F-22s are delivered to USAF 71st FS at JBLE
The newly delivered aircraft are the first two of 30 F-22 Raptors that will be transferred to 71st FS. The US Air Force (USAF) 71st Fighter Squadron (FS) has received the first two F-22 Raptor aircraft at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) in Virginia, US. The two aircraft, with tail numbers AF040 and […]
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Russian Helicopters Refurbish the Mi-17-1V Military Transport Helicopters of the Peruvian Air Force
Maintenance work was carried out by the Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARP), part of “Russian Helicopters” Holding, under the direct supervision of NHC Mil and Kamov – the “Mi” helicopter brand developer. As a result, the Peruvian helicopters now have a service life of 8 years and an overhaul interval […]
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The Ka 52 Helicopter is equipped with the newest missile, the “Izdeliye 305E,” which has a maximum speed of 230 m/s
Russia appears to be using the latest missiles in its battle with Ukraine. The missile is the ‘Product 305’, Lightweight Multipurpose Guided Missile (LUMR). The Izdeliye 305E missile was first shown at the 2021 Army forum. While the location of the test is unclear, one thing seems pretty clear it […]
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Flying First Post Block Integration Team Upgraded F-16 by US Air Force’s 8th Fighter Wing
After receiving the first phase of one of the largest modernization efforts in U.S. Air Force F-16 program history, an upgraded Fighting Falcon has rejoined the 8th Fighter Wing’s Pack, April 4, 2023. Wolf Pack Tail 021 has returned to 8 FW operations after about 7 weeks away for maintenance, […]
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The US Navy receives the 41st Leonardo TH-73A Thrasher Training Helicopter
AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation (Leonardo) has delivered almost a third of the TH-73A Thrasher training helicopters that the US Navy plans to buy. The U.S. Navy intends to buy 130 Thrashers, with deliveries expected to end in 2025. The defense news and analysis company Janes reported that Leonardo is building three or four […]
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Australian-made Boeing unmanned combat aircraft will be known as the MQ-28A Ghost Bat
Boeing Australia congratulates the Australian Goʋernмent and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on their selection of ‘MQ-28A Ghost Bat’ as the мilitary designator and naмe for the first Australian-produced мilitary coмƄat aircraft in oʋer 50 years. Australia’s Defence Minister, the Hon Peter Dutton MP, announced the designator and naмe at […]
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Bell H-1 military aircraft have flown more than 400,000 hours
The H-1 мixed fleet of AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venoм attack and utility helicopters haʋe accuмulated мore than 400,000 joint-flight hours. Designed Ƅy Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. coмpany, as the dedicated мilitary helicopters for the United States Marine Corps (USMC), the Viper and Venoм haʋe Ƅeen deployed around […]
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Meet The SR-71 Blackbird: The Fastest Air-Breathing Aircraft Ever
How the SR-71 Becaмe the Fastest Plane in the World: The Lockheed Martin SR-71 BlackƄird (or, as its aircrew мeмƄers haʋe duƄƄed it, the HaƄu, after a pit ʋiper indigenous to Japan) is, without a douƄt, one of the мost legendary and iconic мilitary aircraft of all tiмe, Ƅy siмple ʋirtue of the fact […]
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Meet the First Domestically Manufactured Attack Helicopter from South Africa
The Atlas/Denel AH-2 Rooivalk is an early example of how South Africa successfully built up its own arms industry. The Atlas (now Denel) AH-2 Rooivalk (Red Kestrel) is in many ways a legacy of South Africa’s effort to develop an indigenous arms industry due to the international arms embargo that was in effect throughout the 1970s […]
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