The B-36: Why this aircraft is still important today
The B-36 was a strategic bomber and the first to be able to deliver nuclear weapons. It was designed during World War II and played a major role in the…
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The B-36 was a strategic bomber and the first to be able to deliver nuclear weapons. It was designed during World War II and played a major role in the…
In total, two US naval aviators flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet and four French aviators, flying the French Rafale and an E-2C Hawkeye, conducted carrier operations including touch-and-goes and one…
The XF-84H was a turboprop fighter plane developed in the early 50s that caused such bad headaches among pilots they never went into combat, despite being the first airplane with…
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The XB-70 Valkyrie was a planned supersonic bomber that became known as a “technology demonstrator”. Its main descendant is the B-1 Bomber, and its technology has been used for civilian…
B-52 Pilot: “Ranger, we’re 5 miles out.”USS Ranger: “We do not have visual…”B-52 Pilot: “Look down” Taken in the spring of 1990 in the Persian Gulf, the impressive pictures in this post feature…
One of the most complex parts of the F-14 Tomcat testing was firings of AIM-7 Sparrows from stations on the belly of the aircraft. Here is something for all those…
The USAF named its newest combat rescue helicopter, the HH-60W, the “Jolly Green II,” following the legendary tradition of the Vietnam-era HH-3E Jolly Green and HH-53 Super Jolly Green crews…
The most complex navy vessels at sea, possibly except for submarines, are aircraft carriers. Carriers must operate a fleet of planes securely in addition to the usual issues of warships,…