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# ![@RealAirPower1 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1126155870151348226.png) @RealAirPower1 Air Power

Air Power posts on X about $4732t, b2, $7846t, air force the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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**Social category influence**
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**Social topic influence**
[$4732t](/topic/$4732t) #294, [b2](/topic/b2) 0.61%, [$7846t](/topic/$7846t) 0.61%, [air force](/topic/air-force) #1162, [aviation](/topic/aviation) #2206, [vehicles](/topic/vehicles) 0.61%, [next to](/topic/next-to) #139, [phantom](/topic/phantom) #745, [targets](/topic/targets) #34, [potent](/topic/potent) XXX%

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### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1126155870151348226/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Capability isn't always bought; sometimes it's built. Case in point: Pakistans Mirage III/5s. Born in the 1970s yes but a retiree Absolutely not. Thanks to smart upgrades and rigorous maintenance the ol' warhorse remains a potent weapon in PAFs arsenal. Seen here toting an H-4 SOW a system that lets it strike targets XXX km away with pinpoint precision. So #avgeeks when it comes to airpower you really can teach an old dog new tricks 😉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978301504416100516) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-15T03:26Z 117.9K followers, 115K engagements


"A top-down view of the Dassault Rafale M Frances dedicated naval multirole fighter. With XX jets in active service France is currently the world's only operator of Rafale Ms. That is about to change however as the Indian Navy has ordered XX Rafale Ms to join its fleet.😗"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978668795817336835) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-16T03:46Z 117.9K followers, 60.1K engagements


"From a low-cost lightweight day-only dogfighter to a hard-hitting multi-mission do-it-all combat aircraft the F-16 has truly come full circle. It is an incredible platform in every sense. Heres a cool shot of a Pakistani F-16"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979470393317511388) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-18T08:51Z 117.9K followers, 29.6K engagements


"This piece was inspired by an study of Chinese underground air bases. Their analysis finds that temporarily neutralizing a typical underground hangar system would require at least XX SDBs and X MOPs. While MOP can only be delivered by the B-2 the SDBs can be carried by either the B-2 or the F-22/F-35. Delivering that many SDBs would require 7-8 F-22/F-35 sorties. Multiply that by XX "known" bases and the scale of the task becomes clear"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977122114785448413) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-11T21:20Z 117.9K followers, 17.5K engagements


"Several F-16s were painted in the European One scheme and fitted for CAS trials that began around 1988. But things went wrong fast. The GAU-13/A overheated recoil shook the aircraft and accuracy was extremely poor. Tests also showed that the F-16 was too fast and fragile for true 80s-style mud-moving. By 1990 the project was dropped and the A-16 became one of those great what-if stories of airpower. 2/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979189180279279780) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-17T14:14Z 117.9K followers, 13.5K engagements


"Break A beautiful view of Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force P-3C Orions. With XX P-3Cs in "active" service Japan is one of biggest operations of the type in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979518845024104922) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-18T12:04Z 117.9K followers, 76.6K engagements


"India has placed its largest-ever order for the homegrown HAL Tejas fighter buying XX examples for the IAF. The roughly $7B deal sets the unit cost at a steep $82M making the Tejas more expensive than a directly imported Su-30MKI Nonetheless it's a much-needed acquisition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1973988424471523826) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-03T05:48Z 117.8K followers, 69.3K engagements


"Amelia Earhart showing kids how it's done An aviation pioneer Amelia didnt just fly she broke records becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932. Her exploits made her a global icon and role model in the purest sense. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1974401706449617284) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-04T09:10Z 117.8K followers, 21K engagements


"If President Trump wants to bring back battleships the easiest path would be to re-re-activate the Iowa class. These WWII battlewagons were brought back from the grave in the 1980s and upgraded with missiles CIWS defenses modern electronics and new fuel systems. The program cost the USNavy around $XXX billion. If it could be done once it could be done again. The question is should it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1975014434964709581) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-06T01:45Z 117.8K followers, 309.5K engagements


"Did you know that the Pentagon wanted XX B-2 Spirit bombers Economies of scale would have made the B-2 a far cheaper aircraft. But budget cuts pushed production numbers down increasing the half-billion-dollar unit price to surge to $XXX million. With development factored in the XX B-2s come out to be $XXX billion per unit - becoming the most expensive airplane ever built"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1975098561814528506) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-06T07:19Z 117.8K followers, 147.4K engagements


"#FunFact: Out of XXX bombers currently in USAF service only XX B-2s - or XX% of the fleet - can perform long-range penetrating strikes against peer/near-peer enemies The rest including these Cold War-era B-52s will have to rely solely on stand-off weapons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1975464427077181489) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-07T07:33Z 117.9K followers, 17.4K engagements


"On this day: XX years ago the Mitsubishi F-2 or the other F-16 made its first flight (October X 1995). Despite its obvious resemblance to the F-16 the F-2 incorporated enough new features and local technology including one of the world's first operational AESA radars to be considered an entirely different aircraft"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1975550176266707222) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-07T13:14Z 117.8K followers, 73.7K engagements


"Friendship test"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1975580763350573317) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-07T15:15Z 117.8K followers, 89.4K engagements


"Environmentalists look away. Smoky P&W J75s coming to life on the tarmac. It's said that every Vietnam-era pilot knew the J75's roar and every crew chief could smell it (on himself) for days 😉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976117218959294947) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-09T02:47Z 117.8K followers, 38.1K engagements


"Fighter sweep 😉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976317124118491463) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-09T16:01Z 117.8K followers, 47.2K engagements


"Dive Dive Dive A Los Angeles-class submarine caught at periscope depth by a P-3 Orion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1973895300638281742) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-02T23:38Z 117.9K followers, 456.4K engagements


"#News: Turkey is in advanced talks with Qatar to acquire its fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons. Qatar operates XX Tranche X Typhoons that entered QEAF service as recently as 2022. The move is seen as a stopgap measure to supplement Turkeys (ageing) F-16 fleet and bridge the gap as the domestically developed TAI TF KAAN project takes shape"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976503289102446692) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-10T04:21Z 117.9K followers, 79.9K engagements


"China may not have an Air Force as big or battle-tested as the U.S. but it has something the U.S. does not - a network of super-hardened underground air bases carved into mountains. Heres a thread on these hidden fortresses and why they matter. 1/6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976961482564026788) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-11T10:42Z 117.9K followers, 158.3K engagements


"After heavy losses to its Tu-95 fleet in Ukraines Operation Spikeweb Russia is increasingly relying on its Tu-160s to launch cruise missile strikes against Kyiv. But using these prized bombers as conventional missile carriers risks undermining their nuclear deterrent role and accelerating wear and tear on an already small (13-16 aircraft) fleet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977360733315666149) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-12T13:08Z 117.9K followers, 100K engagements


"If the F6F Hellcat was the steady dependable workhorse of the Pacific War the F4U Corsair was its wild stallion - snarling fast and dangerous. They didnt call it "Whistling Death for nothing. Here's a gorgeous photo of an F4U by Lerro Photography"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977574194193060278) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-13T03:16Z 117.9K followers, 28.1K engagements


"4950 enemy aircraft shot down over Europe alone And remember Mustangs only joined the 8th and 9th Air Forces in the winter of 1943-44. All that destruction was dished out in just under two years of WWII"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977936892097130954) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-14T03:17Z 117.9K followers, 13.3K engagements


"#avgeeks in your opinion which F-15 Eagle era was the best - the 80s 90s 2000s or todays and why"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978005229200175429) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-14T07:49Z 117.9K followers, 16K engagements


"Hello old friend. Luftwaffe ace Hans Meyer is reunited with a Bf 109G the fighter he flew during WWII. He's standing silent and still but you can almost feel that in his mind the past has taken flight once more. A deeply moving photograph. Military Aviation Museum Virginia Beach Airport 2015"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978086399300517971) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-14T13:12Z 117.9K followers, 128.9K engagements


"Did you know the F-15EX can launch an AIM-120 farther than any other USAF fighter Its speed and altitude performance gives it a reach few aircraft can match. Bigger roomier and able to fly farther than both the F-22 and F-35 the F-15EX is built to carry heavy loads and stay in the fight (for longer). While F-22s and F-35s will use stealth to slip in close and lock targets F-15EX crews will linger on the edges waiting for the call to fire. One team stalks the other strikes from afar - a true hunter-killer combo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978439218532696489) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-15T12:34Z 117.9K followers, 85.5K engagements


"One of more than 2500 XX mm M38/39 AAA used by North Vietnam during the war. By 1968 the skies above North Vietnam were guarded by b/w 6000 and 7000 guns of XX mm or larger calibre some even radar-guided. Add SAMs and MiGs to the mix - and its easy to see why North Vietnam became one of the most heavily defended places on Earth in the 70s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978744435266433422) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-16T08:46Z 117.9K followers, 33.1K engagements


"Reports indicate that Indonesia is moving closer to acquiring XX Chinese J-10C fighters Earlier Indonesia finalized a deal for French-made Rafales - the first of which are expected to arrive in the country early in 2026. If all deliveries materialize within the next five years Indonesia will become one of THE most diversified air arms in the world simultaneously operating American French Russian Chinese and Korean-built aircraft"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978768731179192654) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-16T10:23Z 117.9K followers, 83.1K engagements


"Hawkeye inbound An E-2C from VAW-126 "Seahawks" coming in for a trap on USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). Did you know the E-2 was the first aircraft purpose-built for the AEW role Its been in continuous production since 1960 giving it the longest production run of any U.S. carrier-based aircraft"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978888325709860905) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-16T18:18Z 117.9K followers, 8808 engagements


"Formation flying IAF Su-30MKIs and Jaguar DARINs in formation with Royal Navy F-35Bs during Exercise Konkan XX off Indias western coast. This was the first Konkan exercise to feature carrier strike groups from both nations - HMS Prince of Wales (pictured) and INS Vikrant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979118292502491318) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-17T09:32Z 117.9K followers, 10.6K engagements


"Spray-and-Pray The term perfectly captures the unguided aerial rocket. It's cheap simple and built to saturate the target. A single volley of XX rockets can blanket the size of a football field. Old tech yes but still effective at suppressing troops destroying soft skinned vehicles or clearing zones fast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979438642926903526) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-18T06:45Z 117.9K followers, 22.1K engagements


"No aircraft. No problem. Switch to missiles 😉 Admiral Kuznetsov showing off its P-700/SS-N-19 launchers. Codenamed "Shipwreck" by NATO the 7-ton Mach XXX anti-ship missile could strike targets up to XXX km away. In its heyday it was one of the most feared weapons at sea. Anyway I digress but imagine the Soviet approach to carrier air power. Kuznetsov wasnt just an aircraft carrier; it was a heavy cruiser with its own anti-ship punch 😆 Multirole ship"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979745555443003791) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-19T03:04Z 117.9K followers, 117.3K engagements


"Afterglow of the Snecma M88s the afterburning turbofan engines that power the Rafale. Capable of delivering 11200 lbf of dry thrust and 16900 lbf with afterburner it gives the Dassault jet a thrust-to-weight ratio of X and the ability to supercruise 😉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979798655944229110) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-19T06:35Z 117.9K followers, 57.1K engagements


"@freespirit72 Haha I saw that Basically I was going to mention their most recent use in Afghanistan but I changed my mind at the last second. plus the photo is really that of a Pakistani F-16 and its cool"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979839599624249544) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-19T09:18Z 117.9K followers, XXX engagements


"Have MiG will draw ☺"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979886946630705661) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-19T12:26Z 117.9K followers, 9788 engagements


"Devil's an*s 🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1980107099805000020) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-20T03:01Z 117.9K followers, 19K engagements


"Not to be rude but I cant find a single credible source saying that the Navy kicked off tank plinking in KTO/southern Iraq in 1991. The Air Forces F-111s are consistently credited with those first precision anti-armor strikes. Use of FLIR isn't the point of the post. Using FLIR with PGMs against Iraqi armour is: "tank plinking". See below:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1980111971463688340) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-20T03:20Z 117.9K followers, XXX engagements


"@SpockNC not just any ground targets but armored fighting vehicles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1980119376813801747) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-20T03:50Z 117.9K followers, XX engagements


"On this day: XX years ago Chief Pilot Floyd Carlson and Chief Experimental Test Pilot Elton Smith made the first flight of the prototype Bell UH-1 Huey at Hurst Texas (October XX 1956). Huey became the most identifiable symbol of the Vietnam War and one of the greatest helicopter designs of all time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1980154840513745049) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-20T06:11Z 117.9K followers, 14.6K engagements


"The one screw holding the F-15 together 😁"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1961810866199769538) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-08-30T15:18Z 117.9K followers, 125.7K engagements


"Relax that's not a near-miss from a Chinese drone It's a "Wall of Water" intentionally created by F/A-18s bombing the sea next to USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) as part of a firepower demonstration for President Trump (October X 2025)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1975766194973012321) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-08T03:32Z 117.9K followers, 10.2K engagements


"The heart and soul of the Warthog is its gun - the massive GAU-8/A Avenger XX mm cannon. It fires coke bottle-sized rounds made of depleted uranium each powerful enough to punch through the top armor of most heavy tanks on the battlefield"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976652194687656286) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-10T14:13Z 117.9K followers, 33.9K engagements


"Real or fake 😁 A very asymmetrically loaded Royal Navy AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat armed with lightweight Thales Martlet missiles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976914144541733258) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-11T07:33Z 117.9K followers, 67.6K engagements


"A lineup of XX F-35As during a routine readiness exercise at Eielson AFB Alaska (Circa March 2022). The USAF plans to acquire 1763 F-35As of which more than XXX have already been delivered and are in service"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977274292867154291) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-12T07:25Z 117.9K followers, 93.5K engagements


"At the time of its introduction the F-14As AN/AWG-9 radar was the most sophisticated airborne intercept radar in the world. The powerful radar allowed an F-14 RIO to register up to XX targets from a distance of over XXX km and launch fire-and-forget AIM-54 Phoenix AAMs against six of them. The system was unique at the time and was extremely expensive. The individual price of an AIM-54 was over a million US dollars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977810940155367866) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-13T18:57Z 117.9K followers, 61.9K engagements


"How big was the P-47 This shot of 2nd Lt. Art Rowley standing next to one says it all. The Thunderbolt was THE largest heaviest single-engine fighter of WWII. For perspective heres an infographic showing how it stacked up against its contemporaries. They didnt call it "The Jug" for nothing😉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979566960498168311) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-18T15:15Z 117.9K followers, 53.4K engagements


"Razor blade A B-21 Raider after takeoff. The Northrop Grumman B-21 is one of those rare military programs that stayed on time and on budget. From contract award to first flight it roughly took X years for the B-21 to emerge. Count the early concept work of the late 2000s and the programs journey spans only XX years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1969051044958314688) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-09-19T14:48Z 117.9K followers, 70.4K engagements


"The F-14 Tomcat was is and forever will be the sexiest naval fighter in the world. Change my mind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1975834832648450482) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-08T08:05Z 117.9K followers, 72.8K engagements


"An F-86 Sabre suspended from a crane while test-firing 5-inch HVAR rockets 😀 They really had a unique way of doing things back then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976219775723602096) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-09T09:34Z 117.9K followers, 29.2K engagements


"When a Rafale landing turns into a near miss - literally 😱 Mollis Switzerland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976277112094064751) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-09T13:22Z 117.9K followers, 47.6K engagements


"Phantom: Eating MiGs all day long Btw I absolutely love Hank Caruso's art"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976597092622811243) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-10T10:34Z 117.9K followers, 48.4K engagements


"Scarred aged but still on guard A fantastic view of an F-4E from Hellenic Air Forces 338th Ares Sqn. at Andravida. The squadron has been flying Phantoms since 1974 - yup half a century of operations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976770408649994638) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-10T22:02Z 117.9K followers, 67.3K engagements


"BANG USS New Jersey (BB-62) unleashing its massive 16-inch gun (Circa 1982). During the Vietnam War New Jersey sometimes fired a single 16-inch HE shell into the dense jungle clearing a 200300-yard landing zone for helicopters. It was Navys high-velocity off the coast equivalent to the BLU-82 Daisy Cutter bomb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1976860628124873114) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-11T04:01Z 117.9K followers, 53K engagements


"Dassault Rafale the pinnacle of French aviation technology; equally adept at dominating the skies gathering critical intelligence and delivering precision strikes. It's one of the most versatile fighter jets in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977212881956409851) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-12T03:21Z 117.9K followers, 47.9K engagements


"P/O Lawrence Jackson readies his Typhoon for a sortie somewhere in Holland (Circa March 1945). Ever since I first "discovered" the Hawker Typhoon in the ol' Commando comics Ive been a fan of this often-forgotten fighter-bomber. It was a superb CAS platform. On D-Day the 2nd TAF had XX squadrons of rocket-firing Typhoons. The type played a crucial role in breaking German defenses in the West"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977413778649350654) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-12T16:39Z 117.9K followers, 40.1K engagements


"Everything on the F16 was built for the merge. A bubble canopy for XXX visibility. A reclined seat to fight high Gs. A blended wing-body with LERX for vortex lift. And fly-by-wire controls that let it dance. It was and still is a pilots dream"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977472934173175966) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-12T20:34Z 117.9K followers, 60.1K engagements


"A USAF F-35A taking the scenic route along a Finnish highway (September 2024). Two jets from the 48th FW were participating in the Finnish Air Forces Exercise Baana 24"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978573523422445821) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-15T21:27Z 117.9K followers, 17.1K engagements


"Few things are as gorgeous as a brand-new F-16 in flight A Slovakian F-16D Block XX gliding over Greenville South Carolina. The Slovak Republic ordered twelve single-seat F-16Cs and two twin-seat F-16Ds in 2018 of which seven have been delivered so far"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978960070525198630) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-16T23:03Z 117.9K followers, 28.9K engagements


"An S-70B from 351/352 Filo flies over a Turkish Type XXX submarine during the Mavi Balina AWS exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean (Circa November 2016). The Turkish Navy operates XX of these helicopters in the anti-submarine warfare role. Btw this reminds me of Jack Ryan boarding the submarine scene from The Hunt for Red October 🤭"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979063239221612570) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-17T05:53Z 117.9K followers, 29.9K engagements


"Did you know the USAF once tried to turn the F-16 into a low-level tank killer Designed to replace or complement the A-10 it was designated the A-16 (or F/A-16). It carried a GAU-13/A XX mm gun pod reinforced wings extra pylons for Maverick AGMs a FLIR pod a Pave Penny laser tracker and upgraded avionics for the CAS mission. 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979188945507270772) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-17T14:13Z 117.9K followers, 118.1K engagements


"End of an IFV The idea of attacking armour with precision-guided munitions took off during the 1991 Gulf War when USAF F-111s began using infrared sensors to spot Iraqi tanks at night and destroy them with laser-guided bombs. F-15Es and A-6Es soon joined the action and the art of tank plinking was born"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979957390763069951) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-19T17:06Z 117.9K followers, 66.8K engagements


"Chinese instructor to cadets: Instructor: Why do you engage in a dogfight Cadets: Because I've superior maneuverability Instructor: No because you are stupid. This is coming from a country that has over XXX Flankers in active service. #avgeeks theres a lesson here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1977683236617851352) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-13T10:30Z 117.9K followers, 62.8K engagements


"The Phantom was unity in flight - one jet flown by the Air Force Navy and Marines alike. Plus it took four very different aircraft to do what this one legend did single-handedly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1978492152981205268) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-15T16:04Z 117.9K followers, 13.2K engagements


"A face only a mother or a grunt could love ❤ Btw three weeks ago the final pair of A-10s from Maryland ANG was retired ending a run that began in 1978. With the Warthog went the last flying component (the 104th FS) of Maryland ANG. The unit will now transition to a cyber mission"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1979295778381180951) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-17T21:17Z 117.9K followers, 21.5K engagements


"The awe-inspiring sight that is was and forever will be the XB-70 Valkyrie. A true Mach X marvel. Honestly they just dont make jets like this anymore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RealAirPower1/status/1980291804655390963) [@RealAirPower1](/creator/x/RealAirPower1) 2025-10-20T15:15Z 117.9K followers, 3351 engagements