Tag: air force

Ukrainian F-16 Pilots Just Did the IMPOSSIBLE Overnight

Posted on by Lone Candle

Ukraine’s F-16s are helping it shoot down missiles that ground-based defenses and Ukraine’s Soviet aircraft have trouble with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ-IA0GLvqY

How Not to Lose Your Air Force (On the Ground) – Hardening, modern threats & air base defences

Posted on by Lone Candle

Advanced air forces are vulnerable to enemies destroying their planes on the ground. Having a cheap drone destroy your ridiculously expensive plane is a bad exchange. Air forces can build hardened shelters and decoys to limit the damage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr-wqGyF4cU

Cadets who met all Air Force Academy graduation standards denied commissions because they’re transgender

Posted on by Lone Candle

Cadets have finished school and have qualified to join the AirForce, but are not allowed in because they are trans.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cadets-met-air-force-academy-225601194.html

What we can learn about China’s J-36 (from America’s FB-22)

Posted on by Lone Candle

The F-22 could have been far more capable, but the U.S., thinking threats to its air superiority were over, canceled the upgrades to save money. Now, U.S. air superiority is threatened by China.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRIooaaPlOA