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U.S. Navy Officially Adopts ‘Murder Hornet’ Moniker for F/A-18E/F Equipped with Nine Air-to-Air Missiles
Super Hornets, which have been armed with five AIM-120s and four AIM-9Xs since April 2024, were recently referred to as ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
The Shooting Star's legacy remains as the aircraft that that pushed America into the Jet Age, and secured Lockheed Aircraft's ...
'Murder Hornet': The Navy's got a new nickname for the missile-packed F/A-18 fighter jets it flew into the Red Sea fight
The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 ...
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China Has a Sixth-Gen Fighter: What Do We Know About the J-36?
Last month, the People's Republic of China appeared to have leapfrogged the United States in military aviation technology, as ...
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China’s Tailless Next Gen Fighter: What we know so far
Spotted during test flights over Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province, the J-36’s futuristic design represents a bold ...
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How China’s new next-gen fighters could impact America’s plans for NGAD
"Beijing won't want to waste an opportunity to humiliate the US by operationally deploying a sixth-gen platform before the US," said analyst Malcom Davis. "Look for the J-36 in particular to enter ...