Category: Notizie Estero

Hypersonic startup Hermeus has secured funding from the U.S. Air Force and the Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate to develop its Mach 5 aircraft. Photos: Hermeus With this Other Transaction For Prototype Agreement Direct to Phase II contract, the Atlanta-based company will rapidly assess modifications to the Hermeus Mach 5 aircraft to support the Presidential […]

A Argentine Air Force A-4AR pilot was killed on Aug. 5 when his fighter crashed south of the city of Cordoba during a training flight. Captain Gonzalo Fabian Britos Venturini ejected from his aircraft but did not survive. The A-4AR is an upgrade of the A-4M carried out by Lockheed Martin in the 1990s. The […]

The world’s largest cargo plane, the Antonov An 225, arrived at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport on Aug. 3, bringing U.S. Army Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT) to the country for integration with the Iron Dome missile system. Photo: Israeli Ministry of Defense The U.S. Army has ordered two sets of Iron Dome system and […]

The U.S. Air Force’s 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base is teaching its B-Course student pilots how to fly the F-35A in Beast Mode configuration. The training philosophy is that by having to fly with a maximum strike weapons configuration, it creates a heightened sense of awareness for the student pilot and allows […]