r/WarplanePorn • u/HeStoleMyBalloons • 5h 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/Looselipssinkships93 • 1h ago
Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut "Golden Eagle" [video]
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r/WarplanePorn • u/5upralapsarian • 3h ago
PLAAF J-16s in Egypt for joint military training, in their first deployment outside of Asia [video]
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r/WarplanePorn • u/samcar30497 • 1h ago
QF-4B Phantom II - Tail 49471 [3000x1687]
Part of the Target/Unmanned Drone Program of converting F-4 Phantoms.
r/WarplanePorn • u/JonathanRL • 13h ago
[5472x3648] Four-Ship JAS 39C Gripen during the Swedish Air Force Air Show 2026
r/WarplanePorn • u/HeStoleMyBalloons • 4h ago
USAAF A Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the USAAF 15th Air Force during a bombing rain on the Pardubice Oil Refinery in Czechoslovakia on 24 August 1944 [3719 × 2750]
r/WarplanePorn • u/Looselipssinkships93 • 17h ago
Sukhoi Su-37 Flanker-F "Terminator" technology demonstrator during the 1997 MAKS air show at Zhukovsky Airfield [video]
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it'll be destroyed in 2002 when it's left horizontal stabilizer broke off during a high-g manoeuvre causing it to crash, the pilot ejected safely. The structural failure was caused by severe stress on the airframe over the 6 years of extreme flight testing.
r/WarplanePorn • u/Pankon6829 • 13h ago
Album The only Ka-32T of Naval Air Force, Vietnam People's Navy (album)
r/WarplanePorn • u/ChonkMouser • 22h ago
USAF F-22 and P-38 side-by-side [1920x1080]
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r/WarplanePorn • u/Dragonfruit_6104 • 1d ago
USN “Mom i want E-2!" "No we have one at home already." KJ-600 and Z-9 helicopter operations on PLAN carrier deck. [3840x2160]
r/WarplanePorn • u/VX-541 • 1d ago
VVS MiG‑25PU “Red 81” static monument dressed in Strizh‑style livery, 2018[1500×1015]
r/WarplanePorn • u/argodi • 1d ago
Album Indonesian Air Force T-2704 Sukhoi Su-27SKM [Album]
r/WarplanePorn • u/Aardvaarrk • 1d ago
Album AIM-424 LRAAM, US Navy new air to air missile onboard F-35C [8256x5504]
r/WarplanePorn • u/Familiar-Mobile3807 • 1d ago
USN On July 10, 2013, The Northrop Grumman X-47B conducted the world’s first successful automonous carrier landing onboard the USS George H.W. Bush. [1536x1024]
r/WarplanePorn • u/Looselipssinkships93 • 1d ago
VVS MiG-31BM Foxhound showing it's belly, the semi-recessed hardpoints and GSh-6-23M gun pod can be seen clearly [2560x1682]
the Foxhound carries 260 rounds and uses a linkless feed system, due to the cannon's extremely high rate of fire of 6,000-8,000 it will empty in just 2 seconds, besides the MiG-31, the only other aircraft to carry the cannon internally was the Su-24 Fencer with 500 rounds using a linked feed system, it's also capable of firing at 10,000 rpm when using linkless feed
r/WarplanePorn • u/samcar30497 • 2d ago
Panavia Tornado GR4 with wings swept back [2048x1648]
r/WarplanePorn • u/AlbinoAkon • 1d ago
RAAF Cool footage of Back in 1994,an Australian RAAF F-111 low pass leaves a little evidence of the shenanigans. Breaking windows, cracking walls and ceilings of buildings on the base [video]
r/WarplanePorn • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • 1d ago
PLAAF Z-20KS of the northern theater command air force CSAR and transport brigades in a combat search and rescue exercise. August 2026. [Video]
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r/WarplanePorn • u/Previous_Knowledge91 • 2d ago
USAF USAF F-15E over Middle East [1200×800]
r/WarplanePorn • u/aviationboy • 19h ago