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China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter Spotted Flying In ‘Beast Mode’
A newly surfaced image shows the Chinese J-20 stealth fighter carrying eight external air-to-air missiles, a configuration ...
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India’s Troubled Jet Trainer Gets Facelift, New Name
BENGALURU, India—India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has rebranded its troubled HJT-36 intermediate jet trainer after ...
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5 Things You Didn't Know About The Outer Casing Of Aircraft Engines
An aircraft's exhaust system and pylons connect the engine to the wing, serving essential roles in operation and maintenance. Do you know the difference between an engine and a power plant?
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U.S. Air Force Demonstrates New Modular Weapons Pylon On The B-1B Bomber
The U.S. Air Force's 412th Test Wing recently tested a new weapons pylon on a B-1B Lancer test aircraft with the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Known as the Load ...
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Underwing Pylons
The new pylon would allow the B-52 to carry any of the air-launched munitions in the USAF inventory up to the 22,000 lb Massive Ordnance Air Burst (MOAB) bomb. According ...
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Diehl launches IRIS-T Block II development and production
An IRIS-T fitted to the wing pylon of a Luftwaffe Eurofighter combat aircraft. Diehl Defence has now launched development of the Block II version of the air-launched missile. (Diehl Defence ...