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Oil prices dropped by 5% after Israeli strikes on Iran focused on military targets rather than oil facilities. Brent crude fell to around $72 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate dropped below $68. The attack, carried out by over 100 Israeli fighter planes, was seen as more restrained than anticipated, and Iran's oil industry reportedly continued to function normally. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, weak demand growth in China, and OPEC's plans to increase production despite concerns of oversupply have all contributed to the volatility in crude prices. [Extracted from the article]

The article features some of the alleged worst jet fighters during World War II. Among the aircraft are the Brewster F2A Buffalo fighter from Brewster Aeronautical, the Fiat CR.42 Falco biplane fighter, the Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 plane, and the Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Demon plane from the Curtiss Aircraft Corp.'s Curtiss-Wright Division.

Ukraine has shot down 10 Russian warplanes in 10 days: nine of Russia's best Sukhoi Su-34 and Sukhoi Su-35 fighter-bombers and also a rare Beriev A-50 radar plane. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkey has requested permission from the US to co-produce GE Aerospace engines used in F-16 jets for its own domestically produced fighter plane. The country is looking to manufacture GE's F110 engines in Turkey to ensure supplies for the initial phase of the TAI Kaan, a fifth-generation fighter plane under development by Turkish Aerospace Industries. Turkey aims to have its own domestic aircraft engine ready by 2028. Additionally, Turkey is in talks with Rolls-Royce to co-produce aircraft engines and is seeking to acquire Eurofighter jets. [Extracted from the article]

Discusses the development of radical wing designs for advanced aircraft. Consideration of how aircraft will be modeled after the wings and tails of birds; Focus on aerodynamic forces and mechanisms that will control flexibility; Glider models invented by Wilbur and Orville Wright; Development of wing-warping techniques by aircraft designers and engineers; Advantages of flexibility for high-performance aircraft such as the Hornet fighter-bomber; Efforts of the U.S. Navy, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to create the active aeroelastic wing (AAW). INSETS: A FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO FLIGHT;CRUSING ON CONVERTIBLE WINGS;FLAPPING LIKE A BIRD.

The article offers information related to McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed for the U.S. Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. It examines it contribution during Vietnam war.

The article offers information related to Number 74 Squadron, also known as "Tiger Squadron" from its tiger-head motif, was a squadron of the British Royal Air Force. It examines contribution of the aircrafts during when Germans conducted mass air attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities, beginning with raids on London, Great Britain towards the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940, a battle for daylight air superiority between the Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force.

The article offers information related to Pakistan's JF-17 Thunder, a lightweight, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation of China. It mentions that the planes replaces the Pakistan Air Force's (PAF's) aging fleet of Chengdu F-7 and Dassault Mirage III/5 fighter jets, and engaged in its first dog fight during the Indian-Pakistan military standoff in February 2019.

The article presents information on the increasing production and demand of fighter planes. It announces the senile contract of U.S. Army with Bell Aircraft Corp for jet propelled P-59A fighter planes. However the production of Airacomets will be continued with General Motors Corp.'s Allison Division. The inherent disadvantages of the turbine-jet powerplant related to low speeds and altitudes are discussed. It mentions about the launch of aircraft powered planes by catapults or rocket devices.

The article reports on weapons sale in France. France sells fighter planes, frigates, and tanks worth some $9 billion every year. However, since it developed Dassault Aviation's Rafale fighter bomber they have gone from number 3 in the world to number 4. King Mohammed VI of Morocco was set up to buy 18 Rafales for $2.7 billion but changed his mind. Rafale was supposed to be on the market in 1996 but did not come out until 2006.

The article discusses about the cannibalizing of plans for repairing other planes. Topics of discussion includes Frankenfighter is the first fighter plane who was repaired by taking parts from long term down planes. The cannibalizing was done due to long air missions over Afghanistan then Iraq and Syria leading to long flight hours and wreckage. Naval Aviation Maintenance Center of Excellence at California’s Naval Air Station Lemoore will be working on repairing the worn out planes.

The article offers information on several combat aircraft which are expected to dominate the battlespace in the 2020s. These aircraft include unmanned aerial vehicles, dedicated bombers, light attack aircraft, and fast jets. Topics include the features of the aircraft, their history, and application in war.

The article offers information on the Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk fighter aircraft in Australia and New Zealand. It discusses a brief history of P-40 aircraft and its significance for Australia and New Zealand during the World War II. It offers information on the 13 versions of P-40 warbirds including the P-40E Kittyhawk IA VH-KTH, P-40N Warhawk VH-KTI, and the P-40E Kittyhawk IA VH-KTY.

The article offers information about the military plane models including Hawker Hurricane Mk.I R4175 and Hawker Hurricane Mk.I GN-A.

The article discusses the collection of World War II fighter planes by Gerald Yagen, chief executive officer of Tidewater Tech vocational schools. Topics addressed include the planes' storage in a hangar at Suffolk Airport in Virginia, his preference for airworthy airplanes, and assistance he receives from freelancers in finding warplanes to buy. Also mentioned are insurance and maintenance costs, and descriptions of planes such as a 1943 Hurricane MK XII-B.

The article looks at a report from Lockheed Martin on problems with F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's newest upgrades will cause the aircraft's manufacturer to miss its 2023 delivery goal by up to roughly 50 jets. It mentions delays could bring down Lockheed's revenue for 2023 by hundreds of millions of dollars. It also mentions Lockheed originally planned to deliver between 147 and 153 fighters and completion of the software integration testing.

The article reports that aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Co. Inc. has upgraded the F135 turbofan that powers the Joint Strike Fighter jet. Pratt & Whitney aims to leverage that success to help secure the next generation of fighter propulsion and ended key tests of a proposed core upgrade package for the F135. Matthew Bromberg, president of Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, says that the upgraded powerplant is “costneutral” from a procurement perspective.

The article reports that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has rolled out the first of 38 Lockheed Martin F35A Lightnings scheduled for local assembly. The fighter follows four F35 aircrafts that Lockheed Martin delivered to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Pentagon chose not to build F35s locally because the U.S. insisted on very tight technology control.

For most of the first 14 months of Russia's wider war on Ukraine, Soviet-vintage Ukrainian air-defenses have kept at bay Russia's hundreds of modern fighter-bombers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the decision of the government of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to forgo the Lavi fighter-plane project. Reason behind the decision; Views of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) General Staff about the Lavi; Conflict between Shamir's party and the IDF regarding the Lavi project; Effect of the Lavi on Israel's negotiations with Jordan and the Palestinians.

Focuses on the prototype of the F-22 stealth fighter plane, intended to be the world's hottest interceptor of the 21st century. Shape of the F-22 like a conventional plane; Length of time it took to build the stealth plane; Involvement of an unusual free market competition in which teams of contractors flew prototypes built with their own funds and ideas; Differences between the F-22 and the B-2 bomber and the F-117 attack aircraft; Engineers' discovery of how to build the aircraft in conventional shapes.

Focuses on the U.S. built tactical fighter-bombers loaded with a nuclear weapon based in airfields of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Europe and Middle East. Description of the purpose and readiness of these planes; Criticism by U.S. Defense Department assistant Alain C. Enthoven of Quick Reaction Alert aircraft; Information about the deployment of the atomic demolition mine in Europe; Description of deterrence posed by conventional forces of the NATO allies to a Communist invasion.

The article reports on the implications on the French government's shipment of the five Super Etendard fighter-bombers to Iraq. It highlights the concern of the residents that the influx of the new weaponry might threaten to intensify the Iran-Iraq war, which could disrupt the supply line of oil from the Persian Gulf. It also mentions the warning of the Iranian government to prevent any ships from entering or leaving the gulf when its oil installations are damaged during the shipment.

The article offers information on Fighter Pilots USA, which allows aspiring pilots to fly an airplane and to engage in actual aerial dogfights with another airplane. Topics covered include a description of the Marchetti fighter-trainers, some movements to avoid while flying, and the signal made by an attacking airplane when registering a kill. Also presented is a personal narrative describing the author's experience with the program.

The article reports on the move of the government to push the production of fast fighter planes in the U.S. It outlines the growing popularity of fast fighter planes in different international governments due to their successful operations against V-1 robot flying bombs, which also prompted the country to consider its advantages. It also mentions the move of the Navy to add contracts for the development of additional fighting planes in the country.

Presents information about B-29, the most powerful bombing airplane on the earth. View that it flies so far that it actually goes on a single mission from one climate into another; Information that more men and more money are being employed on the B-29 than on any other instrument of warfare in the history of the world; Overview of the accuracy in its aerial guns.

Since 1939 the United Nations have lost to the Nazis Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, Greece, Crete, and a large part of Russia. On the other side of the ledger are the conquest of Italian East Africa by British Empire troops and two purely negative victories scored by the United Nations between 1940 and 1942, when the R. A. F. saved Britain and the Red Army stopped Adolf Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Japanese successes have of course increased the need of planes, though in this field production has gone up so rapidly that long-term prospects are rosy and the immediate future looks only less so. Greater emphasis upon certain types, such as long-range bombers and pursuit planes, is obviously needed. Aviation men who have maintained that air power alone or air power supported by naval and land strength can win wars have a splendid opportunity at hand to prove their words.

This article focuses on various political developments in the U.S. The journal "The Nation"'s admiration for U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon is to put it mildly limited. Nonetheless the Nixon is entitled to congratulations for the manner in which he has accepted the noisy vilification of various anti-Yankee elements on his current Latin-American tour. Under trying circumstances, he has played a difficult role with courage and determination. From the outset, arms and other supplies have been parachuted to the Indonesian rebels by unidentified four-engine aircraft of American manufacture, this much is generally known. It is also conceded that air power is the decisive element in Indonesia's civil war and that the rebels had neither fighter planes nor skilled pilots when the rebellion was launched. Yet recently rebel planes, four B-26 and two Mustang fighters, bombed a British tanker, an Italian freighter, a Greek ship and a ship of Panamanian registry.