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What made the SR-71 special: When the Soviet Union shot down Gary Power’s U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane in 1960, the US recognized an urgent...
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What made the SR-71 special: When the Soviet Union shot down Gary Power’s U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane in 1960, the US recognized an urgent...
The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Was a True Multirole Combat Aircraft – Developed to meet a bold United States Department of Defense (DoD) edict...
A month ago, we marked the 50th anniversary of Operation Linebacker II, the air campaign that damn near won the Vietnam War for the...
The word “hellcat” brings to mind a beast of a particularly ferocious temperament. In an aviation context, this is a good thing, especially when...
B-45 Tornado: A Relatively Unsung Piece of USAF Cold War Bomber History – When most folks think of old-school Cold War bombers, the B-52...
Of all the fighter planes in the illustrious history of Great Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF), there is little doubt that the WWII-era Supermarine...
Aviation history is filled with many planes – failure or success – that did some amazing and groundbreaking things. The X-15 is clearly in...
F-35 to Receive Next-Generation Radar and Other Improvements: The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II remains the most capable multirole fighter in service in the...
The YF-23 Was the Best Runner Up – In the collection of National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright/Patterson Air Force...
The XF-92 is part of a long line of experimental US Air Force fighters. And yet, she does not get the respect other fighters...