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The XP-77: Bell’s Lilliputian Lightweight Fighter Never Stood a Chance

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Boeing’s First F-15EX Arrives at Eglin Air Force Base

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WATCH: The New TOP GUN: Maverick Lego Trailer You Have to See to Believe

Gaze Awestruck at the Product of One Man’s Dedication to His Favorite (Unreleased) Film As of this moment the official release date for TOP GUN: Maverick is (still a moving…

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F-35A Demo Team ‘Excited’ for 2021 Airshow Season

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Close Air Support: It’s All About Serving Others

Lessons learned from an A-10 Pilot Close Air Support, or CAS as it’s known throughout the military and contractor circles that support it, is defined as “air action by aircraft…

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The Warthog Pilot Who Became A Super Bowl Champion

Well, it’s that time of the year again AvGeeks. Whether you are in it for the love of the game, the Xs and Os, because the team of your local…

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Retired Blue Angels Hornet Delivered to North Carolina for Display

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F-15 Eagle: The Undefeated Fighter

After These First Kills, Eagle Drivers Racked Up a 104-0 Score The 60’s were a decade of innovation, from the first video game console, computer mouse, and cool cars like…

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Fighter Mafia: Colonel John Boyd, The Brain Behind Fighter Dominance

Fighter Mafia: A series of articles dedicated to Colonel John Boyd, Thomas P. Christie, Pierre M. Sprey, Chuck Myers, Colonel Everest Riccioni, Harry Hillaker, Walt Fellers, Dr. Raymond Leopold, James…

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First Blue Angels Modified Super Hornet Begins Flight Testing

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U.S. Navy Calls Poseidon Intercept by Russian Jets ‘Unsafe and Unprofessional’

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Two Russian Su-35BM jets flew very close off both wings of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft over international waters on Tuesday in an action the U.S. naval forces…

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WATCH: Nothing Could Stop This Tomcat- Including the Crew Ejecting

The Crew Punched Out Just in Time But the Jet Flew On Without Them The 8th of March 2002 dawned over the ships of Carrier Group 7 in the northern…