Aviation 2024, November

Under the wing lay Iraq, destroyed by the war, the consequences of the recent bombing by NATO aircraft were visible everywhere: the surface of the desert was strewn with countless craters, and fragments of cars and tanks were burning down on the broken roads. The towns' once-blooming oases are now dusty

Aviation brings death from the skies. Suddenly and inevitably. "Heavenly slugs" and "Flying Fortresses" - they are the main ones in the air. All other aircraft and ground-based missile systems, fighters and anti-aircraft guns - all this is created to ensure the successful actions of bombers or counter

In modern aviation, the concept of "bomber" is extremely vague. The main striking force in local conflicts is increasingly becoming fighter-bombers, for example, in Afghanistan, mainly Su-17 and MiG-23 worked. The main attack aircraft of the United States Air Force is by no means the B-1 and B-2, but

“Green grass, green grass …” he stutters. - Deep sleep … They rest … They lie in dung pits, in craters, riddled with bullets, shredded by shells, covered in swamps … EM Remarque "The Return" War and death are not scary in the movies - heroes die from a neat little hole in the area

A light rain is drizzling behind the windows, the airliner taxies onto the runway illuminated by the lights and prepares to make a swift takeoff. The engines began to sing with a hissing hum in takeoff mode, the plane quickly picks up speed. Windshield brushes thresh furiously, brushing off drops

The controversy surrounding the controversial F-22 "Raptor" has been raging for a decade. The appearance of the F-35 "Lightning II" - a "budget" version of the generation fighter added fuel to the fire: if even the large and expensive Raptor does not always meet the requirements, then what to expect from a single-engine fighter with limited

At the end of the 50s of the twentieth century, the "new world order" was finally formed - the two superpowers met in a mortal battle for the right to be the only winner. The Pentagon is seriously discussing the "Dropshot" plan - the destruction of 300 large cities of the Soviet Union from the air. USSR cooks in

The Su-27 is a highly maneuverable air superiority aircraft. About 600 vehicles of all modifications were built. The F-16 "Fighting Falcon" is a lightweight multipurpose fighter. 4500 aircraft were built. F-117A "Nighthawk" - subsonic tactical attack aircraft made using "stealth" technology

If an elephant fits on a whale, who gathers whom? Comparing the incomparable is a very fun activity. The question from the title of the article, despite the slight shade of dibilism, has a deep foundation. This question was asked in connection with the unexpected appearance of figures characterizing the use of aircraft carrier strike

"We must hastily do what is not so important to do what is important." … As of

Today's article, being a continuation of the topic “How are Kamikaze and P-700“Granite”similar, will be built in the mode of dialogue with readers. I will try to answer some of the most interesting, in my opinion, questions to the extent of my competence. For example, one of the questions sounded like this: “… full

10 best fighters of the twentieth century according to the Military Channel. The most important criterion for evaluation is combat experience. All the fighters presented, except for the 10th place (but there is a good reason for that), took part in the hostilities. Secondly, all machines, without exception, have some kind of explicit

First appearing over the battlefield during the Korean War, helicopters revolutionized military tactics. Today, rotary-wing aircraft confidently occupy their niche in the arsenal of modern armies and civil services, performing tasks of transporting people and cargo, fire support

The trouble came from the air. The Bismarck, Marat and Yamato became easy prey for the pilots. At Pearl Harbor, the American fleet burned down at anchor. The fragile Swordfish destroyed the Italian heavy cruiser Pola (and indirectly the cruisers Zara and Fiume) in the battle at Cape Matapan. 20 Swordfish-Avosek

In August 1943, the fiercest battle between aircraft and submarines took place in the Caribbean. The Browning of the 50th pounded powerfully. caliber, in response to them from the surface rushed heavy bursts of anti-aircraft guns "Flac", behind the stern of the boat, columns of water rose every minute. The planes passed on

Well, what about your impressions?”“I remember the huge efforts on the control stick - my hands ached out of habit, especially when I was full of fuel. Extremely gluttonous pepelats. Awkward at medium altitudes. When it accelerates to 1.8M in the stratosphere, it comes to life. Landing better than anyone on what I am

Gentlemen of the jury, the defendant did not admit his guilt and did not repent. But look him in the face! A fat plump face with traces of stealth technology … in my opinion, he simply does not understand what we want from him. Do you understand me, sir? Kan du tale Dansk? Türkçe konuşuyor musun? - Trust me

The first "global patrol" battle group of fifty FB-22s will reach operational readiness by Year 20. "Strike Raptor" will allow us what we have always dreamed of - an invulnerable stealth aircraft with supersonic cruising speed and 4 tons of weapons in

The phrase "black deer" in Russian sounds funny and offensive. In English, Black Buck also does not mean anything good - as the Anglo-Saxons contemptuously called the South American Indians during the colonial era. By the end of the 20th century, Britain's colonial past was dispelled like smoke from

The unobtrusive F-35 multirole fighter was defeated without firing a single shot at the enemy. The plane lost the main battle in its life long before it was embodied in metal - the battle for the justification of its existence. One can only admire the stubbornness and persistence of engineers

Economics is the most boring science. But everything changes when it comes to the cost of modern aircraft systems. Is it true that the Raptor superfighter stands like a bar of gold of the same mass? How is the F-35 program doing? A light fighter designed as an Air Force workhorse

Unmanned attack aircraft appeared much earlier than is commonly believed. Behind the bloody exploits of the MQ-9 Reaper in Iraq and Afghanistan are hidden 70 years of history of attack "drones", which have proven in practice the possibility of successful combat use of this type of technology

A sharp jerk - and the plane disappears into a cloud of superheated steam, being carried forward, against the wind. Another moment - and under the wing stretched the endless sea … Gone! The deck crew jumps up from their knees and prepares to launch the next F / A-18. The fighter, swaying under the load of bombs, approaches

Magnificent flesh without a soul. A corpse standing fearlessly over the abyss of its own destruction. A clot of combat matter programmed to destroy anyone whose description matches the "picture" loaded into its memory. The machine knows no pity or fear - a black automatic "ramp" rushes into

A Wikipedia article on the F-35 fighter has been translated into 53 languages! And along with it was translated the chapter on the confrontation between the Air Power Australia think tank and the Lockheed Martin aircraft corporation. According to available information, "Air Power Australia" represented by

"I am straight, I am sideways, With a turn, and with a jump, And with a run, and in place, And with two feet together …" (A. Barto) Titanic efforts of the Lockheed Martin corporation aimed at comprehensive coverage of the JSF program ( detailed description of the stages of development, construction and test results of the new

Some things are more visible from the outside than from the inside or up close. This fully applies to such a purely American "rake" as a light anti-guerrilla attack aircraft. The A-29 Super Tucano drops a laser-guided bomb during tests under the LAAR program

Material compiled on the basis of Indian and Pakistani forums National pride of India … India and Pakistan. Half a century of conflict. The confrontation gives rise to a local arms race. When the United States needed Pakistan, in the fight against Soviet troops in Afghanistan, and he openly supported it, everyone

In 1992, the Russian Air Force command, simultaneously analyzing the experience of hostilities and statistics of losses of past wars (not only Soviet ones) and realizing that serious budgetary problems lay ahead, decided to withdraw from the Air Force's armament single-engine combat aircraft: MiG-23, MiG-27 and Su-17M different

Experimental stand - future XH-17 helicopter. The product does not yet have a tail boom and a tail rotor. Photo by San Diego Air and Space Museum / travelforaircraft.wordpress.com In 1952, the first flight of an experimental transport helicopter XH-17 Flying Crane developed by Hughes Aircraft took place in the USA. V

Lockheed A-12 aircraft parked at factory # 42 in Palmdale. Photo by US Air Force In the mid-sixties, the CIA and the US Air Force received the latest A-12 and SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft. These machines, unified for the main part of the units, were distinguished by extremely high flight performance characteristics

Experienced X-61A in flight The other day the American company Dynetics announced the first flight tests of the promising unmanned aerial vehicle X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle. The main task of this project is to unite several UAVs in a "flock" with the possibility of independent work

F-22A at the airport. Photo by US Air Force A number of important requirements are imposed on modern and promising 5th generation fighters. In particular, they address issues of stealth and detection systems. A modern fighter must notice and attack the enemy long before they spot him

PLA Air Force Su-27SK and Royal Thai Air Force JAS-39C at Eagle Strike 2015 Here is a translation of Rick Joe's article Flankers 1 vs. Gripen: What Happened at Eagle Strike 2015, released on April 16 2020 in the Japanese edition of The Diplomat. Article

BAE Systems Tempest This aircraft project has already been written a lot, especially after BAE Systems showed a mock-up of its development at the Farnborough Air Show. Many different opinions were expressed about him, to the extent that it is window dressing and almost a bluff. It would seem, what else can be said about this

In the past, the Soviet aviation industry was busy with a host of daring ideas. Projects of aerospace aircraft, alternative power plants for aviation, etc. were being worked out. Of particular interest in this context is the M-19 project developed by the V.M. Myasishchev. It planned

SB1 Defiant At the end of December, one of the most interesting aviation events of the outgoing year took place: the appearance of a promising multipurpose helicopter with the complex name Sikorsky-Boeing SB1 Defiant (English "daring", "defiant", "naughty") was presented. The development is based on a promising

On the Internet, you can find the most incredible and even absurd collections of "the best fighters of the Second World War." Recently, one (by the way, highly respected in the world) publication brought up one of them to the public. According to its author, among such machines are the Supermarine Spitfire, Bf. 109, P-51

The Ministry of Industry and Trade told how much civil supersonic aircraft with up to 50 seats can cost and what the potential demand is for them. Taking into account the existing scientific and technical groundwork, Russia, according to the ministry, will need only eight years to create such a liner. Is it really so

88 years ago, on January 30, 1930, the prototype of the Soviet multipurpose combat aircraft ANT-10 (R-7), developed by the design team under the leadership of A.N. Tupolev. The first stage of testing revealed a number of shortcomings, which, in general, is a common thing for almost any new car