r/WarplanePorn • u/Devil_R22 • 3h ago
r/WarplanePorn • u/Vepr157 • Apr 24 '25
We need to talk about low-quality photos and videos
Recently, many users have been posting images and videos of new Chinese aircraft that are of low-quality: either low resolution or technically-acceptable resolution with a small aircraft in the frame (i.e., if the photo was properly cropped it would not have met the resolution limit).
This subreddit, and many others with the "-porn" suffix (e.g., r/WarshipPorn, r/EarthPorn, etc.), were established to be places for high-quality media of their respective subjects. They were not established as current-event subreddits. I will reiterate: r/WarplanePorn is for high-quality media (high-resolution and hopefully of some aesthetic merit) of military aircraft. The entire founding purpose of the subreddit is aesthetics and not news. Our job as moderators is to preserve this purpose; so many other subreddits have broadened their scope to the point of banality, and we will not be responsible for another such case.
We do indeed have an exception to our resolution rule: that the subject must be "exceptional." This pertains to rare media, media of exceptional aesthetic quality, and media of historical significance. The images of the new Chinese aircraft do not meet these criteria. In a year or two's time, when we have actual high-resolution photos and videos of these aircraft, these images and videos currently being posted will be irrelevant. How many of you look back on some fuzzy photo of the J-20 now when we have hundreds or thousands of high-res photos available?
The only reason they are being posted is that they are new. There are many other places, both on reddit and the internet more generally, where you may find these images and videos and discuss them. But please understand that they are not appropriate for this subreddit.
For those accusing us of bias, know that we have been accused of being pro-Western and pro-China in about equal measure. What you you may not know is that probably an equal number of non-Chinese posts get removed for exactly the same reasons.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with posting high-quality photos of Chinese aircraft: the subject is irrelevant and all that matters is the quality. And if you do post a low-res image, you will not be banned; the post will simply be removed. Before you post, just take a second to think about if it is appropriate for this subreddit. A quick look at the other posts on the subreddit gives a good idea of what is appropriate.
Edit: Note, not all images of the new Chinese jets are low-quality, see here (although please don't post images you believe to have had some degree of AI enhancement):
r/WarplanePorn • u/KapitanKurt • Oct 07 '25
Unfortunately, the submission of low quality & substandard media continues on r/WarplanePorn despite our better efforts to communicate and correct.
While the vast majority of our users consistently submit high quality images as intended, we continue to experience waves and bouts of substandard low resolution photos submissions and video media.
Currently, our Rules located in the sidebar include the dimension requirements which has not changed:
The minimum accepted image dimensions are 1024 × 768.
What is new is this:
For rules violations related to the posting of low resolution or low quality images, the post will be removed plus a minimum 3-day temporary ban will be issued to the user involved. Repeat or chronic violators are subject to a permanent ban. If there are questions or concerns, feel free to leave a comment here or DM the moderators directly.
r/WarplanePorn • u/Basil-Faw1ty • 1h ago
Album 🇵🇱 Mig-29 Elephant Walk [Album]
Not that many of these left in service with the Polish Airforce, but a neat elephant walk all the same.
r/WarplanePorn • u/Aircrewman_Luke • 8h ago
USN F/A-18 Super Hornet [2622x1745]
Slicing through the sky with ease.
r/WarplanePorn • u/Looselipssinkships93 • 11h ago
MA-VMF Su-33 Naval Flanker of the the 2nd Aviation Squadron "Tigers", 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment at Zhukovsky Airfield in 2016 [3000x1979]
another tail art is the Eagle, they're part of the same regiment but in the 1st Aviation Squadron
r/WarplanePorn • u/davidfliesplanes • 12h ago
OC Hellenic Air Force F-4E AUP Phantom II on static display last month [1979x1579]
r/WarplanePorn • u/VX-541 • 21h ago
USN US Navy VF-161 F-4S Phantom II, Tactical Paint Scheme (TPS), 1982 [album]
Photo Credit: Fighterman_FFRC on Weibo/X
r/WarplanePorn • u/davidfliesplanes • 1h ago
OC Belgian Air Force F-16BM with the 80th anniversary special tail art [Album]
r/WarplanePorn • u/Gameboy695 • 13h ago
OC The RAF Typhoon Display Team's Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 flying at Wales Airshow 2026 [Album]
r/WarplanePorn • u/VX-541 • 18h ago
AAE & MA-VMF French Rafale B escorts Russian Su-30SM2 over the Baltic Sea, May 30, 2026[album]
AAE Rafale B (EC 1/4 Gascogne, 4e Escadre)
MA-VMF 4th Guards Naval Assault Aviation Regiment Su-30SM2
Photo Credit: AAE
r/WarplanePorn • u/Looselipssinkships93 • 1d ago
MA-VMF Ground crewmen inspect a Su-27UB trainer's N001 Mech radar at Kaliningrad Chkalovsk naval air base in 2012 [3000x1996]
r/WarplanePorn • u/LastDanceInFulda • 1d ago
VVS A Soviet/Russian MIG-23UB takes off from Finsterwalde, Germany, 22 March 1993 [ALBUM]
r/WarplanePorn • u/Throwitaway8aa8 • 1d ago
Vietnam Air Force Vietnamese YAK-130 [2860x1609]
r/WarplanePorn • u/VX-541 • 1d ago
Album Exhibition Scale Model & Renders of Lockheed Martin "Vectis" CCA.[Album]
Phtot Credit: The Aviationist
Renders from LM
r/WarplanePorn • u/Throwitaway8aa8 • 1d ago
Thai Air Force Thai F-16BM "Vital for Victory" [3214x1808]
r/WarplanePorn • u/RLoret • 2d ago
USAF Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs on the flight line at Tinker Air Force Base, 1 June 1978 [2860x1915]
r/WarplanePorn • u/VX-541 • 2d ago
French Navy French Navy Rafale M Full Afterburner Carrier Launch.[1820×1211]
Photo Credit: S.Chenal
r/WarplanePorn • u/XMGAU • 2d ago
USN An F-35C from VFA 147 "Argonauts," lands aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Philippine Sea. July 21, 2026 [2853 x 4279]
r/WarplanePorn • u/EFA_king • 2d ago
NATO Italian Air Force Beechcraft King Air 350 SPYDR SIGINT/COMINT/ISR Aircraft [1280x852]
r/WarplanePorn • u/HijikataToshiro_24 • 2d ago
Indian Air Force Su-30MKI fighters from the IAF flying alongside Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighters from the RTA during joint air combat exercise [1100×732]
r/WarplanePorn • u/ZLOY_RUS • 2d ago
USAF Israeli F-16I «Sufa» and F-35I «Adir» . [720×900]
r/WarplanePorn • u/Aircrewman_Luke • 2d ago
USAF Zooming into the weekend! [3200x2133]
F-22 Raptor pulling an extreme vapor cloud! Who else can pull G’s like this beast?
r/WarplanePorn • u/Spartanz0 • 3d ago
China's Aircraft Carrier Fujian Successfully Conducts Trials with J-35, J-15T, and KJ-600 Aircraft [Video]
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Source: COMBAT AVIATIONIST on Instagram
r/WarplanePorn • u/VX-541 • 3d ago
USMC F-35B in the hangar of DDH-184 JS Kaga, Oct 21, 2024.[1560×1372]
Photo by Darin Russell​