The War Zone Painting false canopies on jet fighters is a simple tactic that one Canadian Hornet pilot in training learned works all too well. byDan McWilliams| PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2023 1:04 PM EDT Aldo Bidini via Wikicommons Dan McWilliams View dan mcwilliams’s Articles Close aerial combat is a game of fractions of a second, […]
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The War Zone Kyiv says a new weapon destroyed the Russian SAM system, others state it was a land-attack version of the Neptune missile. Ukraine may have used a new weapon in this week’s attack on a Russian S-400 Triumpf SAM system in occupied Crimea. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council,
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The War Zone Major Andrii Pilshchykov was an informal ambassador of sorts for the Ukrainian Air Force, giving some of the best accounts of the air war. Ukraine MOD Ukraine is mourning one of its most widely known fighter pilots after a mid-air collision in Zhytomyr Oblast. Major Andrii Pilshchykov, better known by his callsign
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The War Zone Pull up a chair and chat amongst friends. AP Photo Welcome to Bunker Talk. This is a weekend open discussion post for the best commenting crew on the net, in which we can chat about all the stuff that went on this week that we didn’t cover. We can also talk about
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The War Zone Ukraine appears to have taken another small step in its counteroffensive, pushing further south toward Crimea. Ukraine MOD Ukraine continues to make slow progress in its counteroffensive, especially on the Zaporizhzhia axis in the push south toward Melitopol, officials in Kyiv and Washington are saying. It’s an assessment at least partially shared
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The War Zone The Marines are purchasing Iron Dome systems to help defend against ever increasing threats posed by cruise missiles and drones. Rafael The U.S. Marine Corps has laid out plans to acquire three batteries worth of Iron Dome systems, including 44 launchers and 1,840 Tamir interceptors. The exact estimated value of this purchase
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The War Zone The F/A-18 Hornet crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California late last night. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Israel Chincio/Released An F/A-18 Hornet crashed in the vicinity of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in the northern part of San Diego, California, last night. As of 8:00
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The War Zone After language proficiency training in Texas next month, several pilots and dozens of maintainers will head to Tucson to work with F-16s. Air National Guard In a move to help ensure a steady pipeline of capable pilots and maintainers for the dozens of F-16 Vipers that have been promised to Ukraine, the
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The War Zone Cluster shells offers a source of ideal ammunition for Ukrainian drones, but they are also badly needed for their traditional application. Capture via Twitter Ukrainians are now breaking down some of the U.S.-made cluster munition artillery shells they’ve recently received to repurpose the submunition bomblets they carry as improvised weapons to be
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The War Zone A surface-to-air missile or an explosive device are the leading theories behind what brought Prigozhin’s plane down yesterday. Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin. Photo by VLADIMIR NIKOLAYEV/AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner mercenary group, describing him as a
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