Fighter aircraft

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is thus far the most expensive defense program to date. Christopher Bolkcom a specialist in military aviation has written the Congressional Research Service document on the status, background and issues faced by the program. The Department of Defense (DoD) recognized, that now more than ever, the services need to consolidate resources and jointly tackle the shared issues of high acquisition and operational cost of aircraft. From its conception…

scale, demonstrating the significance of using aircraft in shaping the outcome of a war. The transformation of aerial warfare directly influenced the evolution of aircraft development, and the role aircraft would play in World War One. Towards the start of the war, the strategic value of air machines was met with a specific…

EGLINAFBI11-201. The memorandum states, “All military aircraft operating in airspace delegated to the Eglin Radar Control Facility (ERCF) shall adhere to the following procedures to the maximum extent possible unless established on a published approach/departure procedure or deviations are dictated by Air Traffic Control (ATC), safety, or mission constraints/ requirements… Turbojet, Propeller, and Tiltrotor Aircraft. All turbojet, propeller, and tiltrotor aircraft shall maintain at or above…

riddled one with repeated bursts. The FW. flew steadily on its course in a gentle glide and crossed the French coast at 2,000 feet. The Spitfire pilot, flying close alongside, could see the German airman slumped over his controls, apparently dead: the aircraft had become a flying coffin carrying the body of its pilot back to France. Meanwhile Reesor had shot down the second FW., whose pilot baled out and came down in the Channel. Neptune was more merciful than Vulcan, for naval launches were…

primary, basic, advanced and transition. Pilots began with primary training at Tuskegee Institute’s Moton Field, where they flew PT-17 and PT-19 training aircrafts. Basic, advanced and transition training were all conducted at Tuskegee Army Air Field.2 During basic flying training, pilots participated in both ground school and training on military aircrafts.3 In this phase of flight training the pilots learned meteorology and radio communication, along with flight instruction on BT-13…

enough. The United States needed a long-range heavy bomber to bomb the axis powers in submission, the wish was filled by the B-17 Superfortress, which first came into service in 1936. These were great bombers, but they were sitting ducks for enemy fighters. This is what prompted the U.S to design a new and…

The historical museum I choose to visit was the Palm Springs Air Museum which has been opened since 1996 and is a non-profit organization. I visited this museum on the 17 of November. The Museum boast thirty-eight aircrafts all from small fighter jets to massive bombers. As well as groups, people, and weapons that were significant in war times during World War Two. While their taking in all the different types of airplanes and how each one was used to help in the war, there was one airplane that…

Catapults made a big impact in the history of aircraft carriers with the long process to launch. Catapults changed the way the US Navy launched fighter planes off carriers. Without the catapult technology, and the ground crew on aircraft carriers, The U.S would have not been able to launch planes off carriers because planes didn't have enough runway to go full speed to take off. One of the most important things before launching an aircraft is the ground crew. The ground crew gives the pilot…

could not change their fate. Helios Airways was a small Cyprus based airline operating scheduled and charter flights between Cyprus and many European and African destinations. It had its corporate headquarters at Larnaca International Airport .The aircraft concerned in this incident was leased by Helios Airways on 16 April 2004. Aside from this their fleet consisted of two leased Boeing 737-800s and an Airbus A319-111.With 121…

the Cold War the USSR was very hard to survey due to its size and security. Aircraft that got anywhere near Russian airspace were shot down which made it almost impossible to gain intelligence on Soviet Russia. Within a month of its first test flight the U-2 attempted to breach the “Iron Curtain” as it was called. As the plane…