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Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks
Houthi rebels in Yemen have shot down seven U.S. Reaper drones in less than six weeks, a loss of aircraft worth more than $200 million in what is becoming the most dramatic cost to the Pentagon of the ...
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The F-4 Phantom II Has History’s Only Supersonic Air-to-Air Gun Kill
The only confirmed supersonic air-to-air gun kill is credited to a hotshot U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II pilot named Maj. Phil “Hands” Handley.
11 Of The Most Iconic Ground Attack Military Planes In History
Ground attack aircraft don't always get the same level of fame that fighter jets do, but they have long served a critical ...
Free-to-play MMO Enlisted brings jet fighters to its giant WW2 battles
The latest Enlisted update debuts some of the earliest jet planes, adds several new World War 2 weapons, and reworks a ...
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The Grumman J2F Duck Amphibious Plane Is a Forgotten WWII Oddity
The very versatile J2F Duck was used first and foremost as an air-sea rescue aircraft. I n the world of Mother Nature, the ...
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‘Frankenjet’ stealth fighter made from two wrecked warplanes joins US Air Force fleet
The U.S. Air Force calls it the "Frankenjet," a stealth fighter stitched together from ... million over the cost of a new replacement aircraft.The US Air Force has 383 F-35As in its fleet ...
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The wing tip of an American Airlines plane strikes another aircraft at a DC airport
The wing tip of an American Airlines plane struck another plane from the same airline on a taxiway of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday, authorities said. No injuries were ...
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Planes clip wings while taxiing at Reagan airport: One had members of Congress aboard
(Getty Images) American Airlines said in a statement the "the damage was limited to a winglet on each aircraft" and each plane has been "taken out of service to be inspected." A Reagan National ...
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China’s J-36, J-50 or US’ F-47… Which is the most powerful sixth generation fighter planes?
US President Donald Trump last month approved the construction of a next-generation fighter aircraft called the F-47. He claimed that it would be the world’s “first sixth-generation fighter ...
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Reps. LaLota and Meng among passengers on planes that ‘clipped wings’ at Reagan National Airport
Two American Airlines planes “clipped wings” on the tarmac at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday, with members of Congress on board. Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) posted on social ...
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China's Mysterious J-36 Fighter Flies Over Cars in Dramatic Close Encounter
Footage has surfaced showing a prototype of China's enigmatic fighter ... ramp-up for World War II. Today—no other nation is working simultaneously on so many distinct military aircraft programs ...
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‘Frankenjet’ stealth fighter made from two wrecked warplanes joins US Air Force fleet
The F-35A is one of the three versions of the US military’s stealth fighter. The Marine Corps flies the F-35B – a short take-off, vertical landing aircraft – and the Navy flies the F-35C ...