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The F-22 Raptor or the F-35 Lightning II: What is your pick? (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here) Both are fifth-generation stealth fighters. The F-22 is older and will eventually be replaced by the Next-generation Air Dominance Fighter (NGAD). The F-35 is popular on the export market with numerous partners and buyers. The F-22 is […]
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19FortyFive’s Defense Editor and accomplished author Dr. Brent M. Eastwood explains the history of the X-13 Vertijet: We are used to airplanes that take off horizontally and land horizontally. But the U.S. Air Force actually had an aircraft that took off and landed from a vertical position from a mobile launch platform in the manner […]
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Is dogfighting dead – like in the Top Gun movies we all so love these days? (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here) A U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot believes that fighters launching stand-off beyond visual range missiles, instead of engaging in head-to-head aerial combat, may be the way of modern aerial warfighting. These missiles can […]
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A nuclear weapon like no other – if it had been built – The Soviet Union’s test of the gargantuan nuclear device known as Tsar Bomba was the biggest of all time in 1961 – a record that still stands. It had a yield of 50-megatons that was five times larger than America’s biggest thermonuclear bomb […]
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We often talk about special ops SEALs here at 19FortyFive, but we usually stay away from mentioning real wildlife unless it is a review for a hunting rifle. So, a story on animals is typically beyond the scope of the publication, except in this case. The military application of dolphins is something different and now […]
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