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The Best Five Beretta Firearms Ever

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 28, 2023
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Beretta guns are considered some of the best in the world, which is why the US military has used them many times. Image of the previous model, the Beretta M9A3.…

How The First “Fighter” Came To Use Stealth Technology

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 28, 2023
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Between 1981 and 1990, 59 were constructed. In 2008, the F-117 was officially decommissioned by the United States Air Force to make room in the budget for the F-22, the…

It’s A Mach 3 Bomber Built For Nuclear Warfare Against Russia.

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 28, 2023
Post category:Air Air Power Aircraft Bomber Fact Sheets Stealth US Air Force
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The XB-70A was supposed to have speeds up to Mach 3.1 (2,056 miles per hour, or 3,309 kilometers per hour). XB-70: Artist Rendering. Strategic bomber XB-70A Valkyrie can penetrate deep…

The United States Air Force Explains The Statement “No”

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 28, 2023
Post category:Air Air Power Aircraft Bomber Fact Sheets Stealth US Air Force
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You may know it as a fighter, but at one point, the Air Force thought about changing it so it could drop bombs. The FB-22 was supposed to be a…

Was The First Stealth Plane Designed In Nazi Germany?

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 28, 2023
Post category:Air Air Power Aircraft Bomber Fact Sheets Stealth US Air Force
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The Horten Ho 229 is sometimes cited as one of the earliest examples of a "stealth aircraft" because its flying-wing design would have made it harder to detect by radar.…

The Almost-Destroyed Submarine That Threatened American Naval Aircraft Carriers

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 27, 2023
Post category:Air Air Power Aircraft Bomber Fact Sheets Stealth US Air Force US Navy
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Each Walrus-class submarine may carry up to twenty torpedoes, forty mines, and one UGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missile in its four 21-inch (533mm) torpedo tubes. Walrus-Class Submarine. Image Credit: Creative Commons.…

The F-4 Phantom II Will Not Be Retired

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 25, 2023
Post category:Air Air Power Aircraft Bomber Fact Sheets Stealth US Air Force
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The Phantom's nearly fifty-year U.S. active-duty service ended in 1996, and the jet survives. Greece uses them. U.S. military airframes were the most flexible. Image Credit: Creative Commons. The Phantom—an…

Top Gun’s Inspiring Film?

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 25, 2023
Post category:Air Air Power Aircraft Bomber Fact Sheets Stealth TV US Air Force
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Film and aviation fans choose Final Countdown over Top Gun. An F-14 Tomcat fighter jet takes off from the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the Gulf April 2, 2003.…

Fighter Jets and the Air Force Didn’t Want

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 24, 2023
Post category:Air Air Power Aircraft Bomber Fact Sheets Stealth US Air Force
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YF-17 fit. The Navy increased the plane's size. The Northrop Aviation YF-17 technology demonstrator aircraft in flight during a 1976 flight research program at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…

Just What Caused the F-82 Twin Mustang’s Distinct Appearance?

Post author:Haidar M Hussain - Editorial
Post published:February 24, 2023
Post category:Air Air Power Aircraft Bomber Fact Sheets Stealth US Air Force
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Before their 1953 withdrawal, 282 P-82s and F-82s were built, compared to roughly 15,000 P-51s (the same year the Korean Armistice was signed). F-82 Twin Mustang. Image Credit: Creative Commons.…

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