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US Air Force requirements called for Mach 3 performance, a combat radius near 1,000 nautical miles on internal fuel and an operational ceiling above...
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US Air Force requirements called for Mach 3 performance, a combat radius near 1,000 nautical miles on internal fuel and an operational ceiling above...
A familiar joke about pigs reveals Winston Churchill’s private wit. His wartime success rested on harder qualities: refusing negotiations in 1940, holding a coalition...
US Army General George Patton believed commanders should define the objective and trust trained subordinates to find the route. His World War II record...
The SR-71 set a 2,193.167 mph record, gathered intelligence above 80,000 feet and was retired over cost and changing priorities.
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.
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...
HMS Prince of Wales sailed from Portsmouth on 27 August 2022 for a three-month deployment to North America. Within two days the 65,000-tonne carrier...
The Zumwalt class was designed around stealth, two 155mm guns and a 32-ship fleet. Cost growth cut the class to three, sending its unique...