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It was surely an understatement to say that much was expected when McDonnell Aircraft first delivered the F-4 Phantom II—a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, long-range...
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It was surely an understatement to say that much was expected when McDonnell Aircraft first delivered the F-4 Phantom II—a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, long-range...
The United States Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program has had its share of notable mishaps, including issues with its combining gears, the hardware...
The United States Navy currently operates eleven nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and every other carrier in the world – apart from the French Navy’s flagship Charles de Gaulle –...
Waste in the military has long been a problem—but in the case of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers, the problem has been specifically one of human...
Meet the Papa-class: When one considers the main attributes of a submarine, speed is not generally top of the list. While the ability to...
More than sixty years have gone by since the first introduction of the Northrop F-5, which took its maiden flight in 1959 and saw service...
The SR-71 Blackbird, which first took to the skies in 1964, was for decades the world’s fastest plane, setting an official record of 2,193 miles...
The SR-71 Blackbird remains one of the most legendary aircraft of all time. Over the span of its five-decade service, it ran thousands of...
During the 1950s, as the Cold War loomed large, both the United States and the Soviet Union made plans to deliver nuclear warheads toward...
Throughout its history, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat has been operated by exactly two nations: the United States, which retired the aircraft in 2006 in...