Convair was able to move the XB-58 prototype from Fort Worth, Texas, to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, for testing, using a modified Peacemaker bomber, with ease because of…
This was the last transmission made by airmen from the 193rd Special Operations Wing, who fly the EC-130J Commando Solo, the last military radio and TV broadcast in the United…
During the North Vietnamese Army’s invasions across the DMZ in the spring of 1972, conditions in northern South Vietnam were becoming quite hot. As a result, a somewhat unique mission…
The B-25 bombers were escorted by P-47s belonging to the 57th Fighter Wing’s 66th Squadron. The P-47s’ job was changed to flak suppression after the hostile fighters failed to appear…
Darkstar is one of several Lockheed Martin aircraft, satellites, and helicopters that do background work for popular movies In the most recent Top Gun: Maverick movie, Maverick flew a hypothetical…
The nation’s first military response to New York on that terrible day was the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s F-15 Eagle fighter jets, even though reports of the hijackings had not…
Though it’s technically captioned “I’m the one with the part in the back,” the painting on the nose of the B-17 Memphis Belle is frequently referred to as “The Memphis…
These incidents complete fifty years of undefeated air superiority missions for the F-15 Eagle, the fighter that has never been shot down in combat The F-15 Eagle celebrated its 50th…
As far as is known, this was the first time an Iraqi pilot had ever encountered the US Air Force’s stealth fighter In answer to an Air Force request for…
A Taiwanese pilot flew the longest B-17 Flying Fortress mission, which lasted more than 19 hours, over China One of the most recognizable aircraft ever constructed is the Flying Fortress.…