Four new F-16I (Storm) fighter jets arrived in Israel Thursday evening as part of a deal signed in 2000 with Lockheed Martin Corp to purchase 102 planes of the same model.br /br /The two-seater F-16I, known in Israel as the “Storm”, was designed specifically for the Israeli air force. The new jets will be equipped with Israeli-made systems.br /br …
JERUSALEM, March 21- The Israeli air force said on Friday it was suspending training flights using U.S.-made F-16I fighter jets after finding a suspected cancer-causing substance in the cockpit.br /br /Israel informed Lockheed Martin Corp , the U.S. defence contractor that manufactures the F-16, that formaldehyde residues were leaking into the cockpit, the military said in a statement.br /br /”Tests …
Embraer C-390 is a medium-sized twin-engined jet-powered military transport aircraft proposed by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. It will be the heaviest aircraft that the company has made so far, and will be able to transport up to 19 tons of cargo, including wheeled armored vehicles. Size-wise it is an aircraft between the twin-turboprop …
Traditional aircraft maneuvering is accomplished by altering the flow of passing air over the control surfaces of the aircraft – the ailerons, elevators, flaps, air brakes and rudder. Some of these control surfaces are combined, such as in the “rudder-vaters” of a V-tail configuration; the basic properties are unaffected. When a control surface is moved to present an angle to …
Russia and India on 7th March 2008 signed a billion-dollar deal for the improvement of the Indian Air Force’s 92 Mig-29 fighter planes, a report said.br /br /The deal, signed by the Defense Ministry and the Russian RAC-Mig company, requires the planes to be armed with well-equipped avionics suites equal to the newest shipborne Mig-29K/KUB fighters being constructed for the …
Plasma stealth technology is what can be called as “Active stealth technology” in scientific terms. This technology was first developed by the Russians. It is a milestone in the field of stealth technology. The technology behind this not at all new. The plasma thrust technology was used in the Soviet / Russian space …
