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This is the other half of combat aircraft technology, training. USAF and allies are now training against VLO planes, such as the F-117, F-35 and F-22s.

US Air Force’s sixth generation fighter engine completes testing Key innovations of the XA100-GE-100 engine An adaptive engine cycle that provides both a high-thrust mode for maximum power and a high-efficiency mode for optimum fuel savings and loiter time A third-stream architecture that...

So you will replace a helicopter with Rafale on missions where helicopter is best optimized for just because Rsfale can also fly low? Brilliant! You're tying yourself in knots. BTW, without Spectra, US Army Apaches destroyed Iraqi AD radars in the opening night of Desert Storm. That's what...

My dear please recollect your thoughts. You're lost in the bush. You were talking about the utility of stealth helicopters citing Abottabad raid: I replied that stealth choppers are pointless: Now out of nowhere you injected Rafale my dear. How is that relevant to the issue of stealth...

In general stealth or LO helicopters are pointlesd. This is the reason why the US Army killed off its Commanche program. The best offensive capability of helicopters is the ability to fly low to evade radar. Here you don't need uber expensive Abottabad style stealth helicopter. Gulf War 1...

Playing games while flying the F-22.

Pilot In A Real Aircraft Just Fought An AI-Driven Virtual Enemy Jet For The First Time Donning an augmented reality headset in the cockpit, a veteran F-22 pilot just had a dogfight with a projection of a Chinese J-20 fighter...

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works demos AI powered ISR pod on an F-16 The pod was able “to detect and identify the location of the target, automatically route to the target, and capture an image to confirm the target in a simulated, denied-communications environment,” says Lockheed Martin. The...

Airbus makes first-ever fully automatic air-to-air refueling contacts https://newatlas.com/military/airbus-first-ever-fully-automatic-air-to-air-refueling/

F-15E Eagle fighters undergoing critical electronic warfare (EPAWSS) testing The U.S. Air Force has reported that its F-15E Eagle fighter aircraft fleet is currently undergoing critical electronic warfare testing at the Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) on Edwards Air Force Base, California. A...

First flight of F-15QA, the most advanced F-15 to date:

Now you're in the cockpit of an F-22 performing extreme maneuvers...There's nothing like it. Enjoy!

This Man )Founder of Air USA Private Aggressor Company) Owns The World's Most Advanced Private Air Force After Buying 46 F/A-18 Hornets All of Air USA's secondhand Hornets feature the AN/APG-73 radar—the same one that is found on the F/A-18C/D and early F/A-18E/F Super Hornets—that differs...

Almost all modern 4th gen fighters with FBW control systems have G-limiters which the pilots can override. The Su-27 have it (I don't know the Mig-29, but it should have it), all American 10 series, and European fighters. What is new and more helpful in preventing crashes and deaths is USAF's...

My personal favorite SB-1 Defiant continues its flight testing

WTF! Where was Su-35 when Israel was bombing Syria? The only reason Assad is still in power is because America did not commit to removing him from power. It was Turkey and to some extent Israel that wanted Assad out. America did not really want to remove Assad. Just look at Saddam and Gaddafi...

Such a vocal expression of ignorance. There's no more wild West style face-to-face duel in modern aerial warfare. The side with superior "system," tactics and training wins. And the winning side will not show up in front of you for a duel. Most kills will happen without the defeated party...

Such an uninformed opinion in a defense forum. Modern aerial warfare does not work that way. A lot of factors aside from aircraft determine the outcome of an aerial battle, eg. training, tactics, support assets, etc. Re Su-35 vs. F-35, you're in dreamland. If you only understand what you read...

DARPA’s ACE Wants To Automate Dogfighting To Empower AI A DARPA program to build pilot trust in artificial intelligence (AI) in combat by automating dogfighting has taken a step forward with the award of the first contract and the release of a solicitation to develop algorithms for close-in air...

Boeing's FARA contender. This is not my favorite but it still looks cool... This is Bell's 360 Invectus for FARA, too conventional for me. And this is Sikorski's Raider X FARA contender. My personal favorite.