Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Describe Their Desperate Air War Against Russia
Interviews with serving Ukrainian combat pilots shed light on how the air force is fighting back.
Tag: air combat
The Truth About Cyber Warfare’s Impact On Airpower
There’s a lot of bad info out there about how the cyber and aerial domains of warfare will converge. Here’s the reality, for better or worse.
Fighter Pilots Reveal Why You Don’t Want To Mess With The A-10 Warthog In A Dogfight
Pilots discuss how the A-10 Warthog’s tight turning radius coupled with its big gun means it can sting even the best fighters in a dogfight.
Fighter Pilots Could Soon Train To Dogfight Against Virtual Projections Of Adversary Jets
We go in-depth with Red 6’s Dan Robinson about how his AR solution to air combat training could drastically change how fighter pilots learn to fight.
How The F-35 Triggered Topgun’s Biggest Syllabus Revamp In Nearly Four Decades
Not since the introduction of the F/A-18A Hornet in the 1980s has the famed schoolhouse had to adapt to such an advance in air combat capability.
Elon Musk Says Era Of Fighter Jet Is Over And F-35 Should Have Drone Competitor
The SpaceX and Tesla founder discussed the future of air combat at the Air Force Association’s annual symposium. Musk pulled no punches in his remarks, which are bound to raise the eyebrows of Air Force and defense industry officials.
“B-21s With Air-To-Air Capabilities,” Drones, Not 6th Gen Fighters To Dominate Future Air Combat
The U.S. Air Force is still working to iron out just what it thinks air-to-air combat will look like a decade from now and what types of aircraft and drones it will need to come out on top of any future fight. As part of its ongoing Next Generation Air Dominance program, or NGAD, the service is exploring a wide array of manned, unmanned, and pilot-optional concepts, as well as advanced associated technologies, including increased network connectivity and autonomous capabilities. At the same time, however, it has steadily moved away from plans for a once much-touted sixth-generation fighter jet.
This Is What Grumman’s Proposed F-14 Super Tomcat 21 Would Have Actually Looked Like
If the Super Hornet hadn’t been built, Grumman’s next-gen Tomcat may have become a reality. We forensically recreated it in these awesome renderings. Behold, the Super Tomcat 21.