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The strange aircraft hanging above an F-22 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was never an operational fighter. The $67 million...
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The strange aircraft hanging above an F-22 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was never an operational fighter. The $67 million...
The F-16XL doubled payload, extended range and lost to the F-15E before NASA used two prototypes for decades of supersonic research.
Northrop built two YA-9A prototypes for the Air Force's A-X competition. Between them they flew 123 times, totaling 307.6 flight hours, before the service...
Douglas built 2,960 A-4 Skyhawks between 1954 and 1979. The National Naval Aviation Museum counts 195 carrier-based Skyhawks lost to enemy fire in Vietnam...
The Marine Corps had more than 450 M1A1 Abrams tanks before Force Design 2030. It deactivated two active and one reserve tank battalion, cut...
Upgrades can’t make the jet stealthy or fifth-generation. But the F-16’s longevity demonstrates how important growth potential can be for keeping an aircraft relevant...
Vosper Ltd built four Mark 5 light frigates in Britain for the Imperial Iranian Navy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. All four...
Meet the Hypersonic Dark Eagle: The Pentagon has long known it has fallen behind in the race for usable, reliable hypersonic weapons. As the...
An executive order issued on 13 August 2026 directs the Navy to replace the electromagnetic launch system on the fourth Ford-class carrier with steam...
A 2022 Government Accountability Office review found the Navy had spent more than $28 billion in constant fiscal 2019 dollars to develop and build...