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McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is the tactical jet fighter that was designed to serve the USAF as their air superiority jet fighter back in 1967. The aircraft made its debut flight back in 1972 and entered the service of the USAF in 1967. The aircraft is one of the few jet fighters that have the perfect kill record with 0 losses in combat and has been heavily exported to countries like Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Japan. For our readers today, we have decided to let you be known to some of the lesser-known facts about the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle.…

The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper which is also known as the Predator B is the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that has been developed by the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to serve the USAF. The UDSAF refers to not only MQ-9 Reaper but other likely UAVs as the RPV/RPA (Remotely Piloted Vehicles/Aircraft) which indicates that these aircraft are being controlled by the controllers on the ground. The MQ-9 Reaper holds the title for being the USAF’s first-ever hunter-killer with capabilities like high altitude surveillance and long-range endurance. The control and monitoring of the MQ-9 Reaper is carried out by the GCS…

Near the end of the World War II., Lockheed designed and manufactured their first ever fighter jet and entered it into the war. The name of the aircraft was P-80 but the time for this aircraft in the war was a short one and the world after the war started to change rapidly in term of advanced aeronautics. The P-80 came into being as a straight winged jet fighter which was powered by a single engine. Due to more and more jet fighter design emerging after P-80, the US Army was ready to retire the P-80 but then soothing happened…

Today we present the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, a fighter bomber multirole attack aircraft with specifications of the two-seat and twin-engine design. This aircraft was built by the McDonnell Douglas to serve the US Navy in the 60s. Due to its extreme adaptability to various divisions of the army, the aircraft went to serve for the United States Marine Corps as well as the United States Air Force by the mid-60s. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was able to travel at a top speed of Mach 2.2 while carrying nearly 19000 pounds of weapons payload on its 9…

Today we present to our readers the aircraft which known by the name Cessna A-37 Dragonfly or also nicknamed the Super Tweet. This is a light attack aircraft for the US Army that was developed on a design of the basic trainer designated T-37 Tweet which served back in the 60s and the 70s. The T-37 Tweet was developed by the engineers of the Cessna aircraft operating from Wichita, Kansas. As for its variant A-37 aka the Super Tweet, it was introduced in active duty service back during the Vietnam War. After wartime, it also served the army for its…

The aircraft we present our readers is the U-28A, a single prop aircraft which was not designed as it is. It is actually a variant for another aircraft named the Pilatus PC-12 which was a single-engine and a turboprop aircraft built for purpose of main cargo flights. The PC-12 was designed and manufactured by the company named Pilatus Aircraft operating and based in Stan, Switzerland back in 1991. At that time the PC-12 was regarded as one of the highest and the best selling aircraft among all the other pressurized cabin and turbine-powered single-engine aircraft all across the world. The…

The Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS is the aircraft of the United Air Force which performs the following roles for the army. Airborne Ground Surveillance Battle management Command & Control The word STARS in this aircraft’s designation is the abbreviation for the Surveillance Target Attack Radar System which allows the aircraft to track the ground vehicles, some of the aircraft along with a collection of imagery and relaying the said tactical picture to both its air and the ground commanders. This aircraft is currently in the operational working of both the USAF and the Air National Guard along with carrying…

The Air Force proposed a request for an LRSP (Long Range Strike Bomber) for their operations in the 21st century. The request was called upon by the Northrop Grumman who proposed their own idea for a long-range strategic and stealth bomber under the designation B-21 Raider which will be able to deliver both the conventional as well as the thermonuclear weapon strikes. The name of this aircraft was given after one of the surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders’ survivor; Lieutenant Colonel Richards E. Cole. The only thing that is clear about this aircraft is its appearance as per the…

The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II which is now under the name of Boeing is the single-engine powered light ground attack jet fighter serving the US Marine Corps. The AV-8B Harrier II is a part of the Harrier Jump Jet’s 2nd generation family of aircraft which is able to perform V/STOL (Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing). The aircraft was designed back in 1970 as the US’s first project in comparison to the British made Hawker Siddeley Harrier which was the first of the V/STOL aircraft. The AV-8B Harrier II is used for light attack role missions which are to provide the…

The Grumman A-6 Intruder is the jet fighter developed by the Grumman aircraft as their all-weather and a twin-jet attack aircraft. The aircraft was developed to serve both the US Navy the United States Marine Corps from years 1963 to 1997. This aircraft was developed by the Grumman in order to replace the previous piston engine powered Douglas A-1 Skyraider, which was also an all-weather but medium attack fighter plane. Near the time the Grumman A-6 Intruder reached its retirement, the precision strike missions handed to Grumman A-6 Intruder were transferred to the Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter jet that was…