Air Power

@TAK_KAMEKUBO 🥰

@RealAirPower1 私は日本人ですが大好きな機体です。 F8F-2 / Gerdさんの作品 #ニコニ立体 #td931 nico.ms/td931?ref=twit…

Did you know the Grumman F8F Bearcat was the last piston-engine fighter built for the US Navy? Designed to be lighter, faster, and more agile than the legendary Hellcat it replaced, this powerhouse could exceed 450 mph with an absolutely blistering rate of climb. Unfortunately, or fortunately for the Japanese, it arrived just too late to see combat in WWII.

@historyinmemes That's a remarkably mature-looking 14-year-old on that ID.

Chris Espinosa is currently the longest-serving employee at Apple. He joined in 1976 at the age of 14, writing BASIC code while the company was still based in Steve Jobs' garage.

@BabakTaghvaee1 Lol

BREAKING: This Arash-2 one-way attack drone of the Iranian Army Ground Force was spotted sitting beside a river in western Iran. Apparently, it refused to go to war or continue toward Jordan and instead decided to relax by the river and have a drink of water.

@Rainmaker1973 No, no, no... that's a UAP. You'll soon see it in one of Pentagon's UAP file drops 😉

During an event in Taiwan, strong winds caused 7-Eleven Taiwan's mascot to disappear into the sky accompanied by pleasant background music.

@Frog7211 It like a cool racing plane.

@RealAirPower1 Grumman F8F2, Naval Aviation Museum Pensacola, US

@AzDefiant Thanks for sharing...

@RealAirPower1 My Dad, His Plane - F6F Hellcat

@OnDisasters Fast, fast climbing...killed a few Boeings.

@RealAirPower1 Genuiosly curious: why do you consider it the best interceptor?

The Sukhoi Su-15 "Flagon" was the mainstay of Soviet air defenses during the Cold War. Built to hunt high-altitude NATO bombers like the B-52, it was a pure twin-engine, delta-wing, Mach 2.2 thoroughbred interceptor, probably the best interceptor of its day. I colorized this photo, btw, which was originally posted by the excellent @SlavAesthetics.

@fim253 Honestly!

@RealAirPower1 U.S. F-22 Fighters Have Been Nearly Useless Against Iran militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-f22…

Which modern fighter hasn't lived up to its potential? ​I'll start: JAS 39 Gripen. Drop your pick in the replies (bonus points for photos)! 👇

@jinoo_s I feel you bro!

@RealAirPower1 MiG 35 Su37 Typhoon

@Gvmtsucks Honestly

@RealAirPower1 Would it be easier to list the ones that have?- F15!

@Aviation_Intel All the eggs in one basket? Maybe a piece time thingy

China Is Building A Monster Supply Ship For Its Carrier Groups What looks to be the largest at-sea replenishment ship anywhere in the world is taking shape at a Chinese shipyard. twz.com/sea/china-is-b…

@TheLoneRanger00 I'd say success, sales, adoption... everything that an F-16 isn't.

@RealAirPower1 The metric for your view?

@fighterjetandme 😞

@RealAirPower1 Tejas ? That jet has been a pain in the a$$ for IAF since 1984 ! Overhyped samosa .

@ChiNhan00488949 ☹️ that is tragic...

@RealAirPower1 We only have 35 Su-30s left. One, serial number 8585, crashed on June 14, 2016, killing one of its two pilots. During the search for the crashed Su-30 at sea, on June 16, a Casa-212-400 crashed, killing nine people. A heartbreaking double accident for the VPAF

A fascinating look into how Vietnam received its first Su-30MK2s back in 2004. Rather than flying them in, the fighters arrived inside an Antonov transport with their wings removed and sensitive parts protected for the journey. They were then reassembled, tested, and accepted into service. Between 2004 and 2016, Vietnam took delivery of 36 Su-30MK2s, which remain the backbone of its fighter fleet today.

@manahil16005416 😗

@RealAirPower1 Rafale

@OnDisasters Yeah, this is a very testosterone driven pass! 🙄 Close shave for the folks on the ground.

So the Blue Angels pilot who performed the maneuver at Pensacola was identified: turns out it wasn´t a lady as some had invented earlier today.

@weaponswrld What's rare, the missile torpedo, or the fail?🤭

Extremely Rare Soviet "Missile-Torpedo" FAIL

@beaver57653 Yeah. Apparantly it also had Martin-Baker ejection seats

@RealAirPower1 In late 1960s, Pakistan integrated AIM-9B on F-6 (Chinese version of MiG-19 Farmer C)

Military aviation is packed with bizarre crossovers, but these two really caught my eye. A Czech MiG-23ML carrying a French R-550 AAM, and an Iranian F-5 armed with Russian R-60MK AAMs. Two aircraft from opposite sides of the Cold War flying with missiles nobody originally expected them to carry. It’s a fascinating look at how geopolitics and battlefield necessity can force totally unexpected engineering marriages. Hat tip to @kayvan6079 for pointing these out. Great spot.