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Key Points and Summary – Saab’s 29 Tunnan looked like a joke and flew like a revelation. -Nicknamed the “Flying Barrel,” it was actually...
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Key Points and Summary – Saab’s 29 Tunnan looked like a joke and flew like a revelation. -Nicknamed the “Flying Barrel,” it was actually...
Key Points and Summary – The USS Gerald R. Ford took 12 years to build and became a symbol of cost overruns, schedule slips,...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet have been pushed decades beyond their original 6,000-hour design life thanks...
Key Point and Summary – China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon looks formidable on paper: Mach 2 speed, a big AESA radar, 24,000 pounds of payload,...
Key Points and Summary – On paper, Russia’s Su-35 and America’s F-22 Raptor look surprisingly close. Both can sprint at around Mach 2.25, boast...
Article Summary – Today’s tailless, 6th-generation stealth fighters did not appear from nowhere. Lockheed Martin’s X-44 MANTA, conceived in 1999 as a “tailless F-22,”...
Article Summary – The Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter emerged directly from Korean War combat lessons, after U.S. pilots found their F-86 Sabres outclassed by MiG-15s....
Article Summary – China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon is known for Mach 2 speed and stealth, but it also hides a very different role: high-capacity...
Key Points and Summary – China’s carrier-capable J-35 stealth fighter is drawing attention not just for its appearance on the deck of the Fujian,...
As for the Nimitz, some may wonder how they will compare to the Ford-class once it is more fully operational, yet upgrades to the...