Operation El Dorado Canyon, the Air Force’s longest combat mission flown by a tactical aircraft at the time, was hailed as a triumph On April 14, 1986, at 5:13 p.m.,…
Clive Robertson “Killer” Caldwell, a flying ace, merciless killer, bootlegger, mutineer, prosperous businessman, and national hero, embodies all that is uniquely Australian The most successful Australian air ace of World…
Despite the attack causing significant damage to both factories, 60 of the 376 bombers—or roughly 1 in 6—were shot down, and more than 600 Airmen perished, went missing, or were…
Being the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, the President merely used the opportunity to see cruise missile launches, in-flight refueling, maritime reconnaissance, and low-altitude transonic flying. This Tupolev…
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was relocated outside for a day on October 6, 2020, as part of an effort to renovate a gallery in the fourth building of the…
‘The B-29 crews were cocky—at first. But as time wore on and accidents began to take their toll, the boys quieted down,’ Arthur La Vove, “Hump Driver.” Author, artist, journalist,…
The EC-135 Looking Glass is shown without wings or engines due to space limitations The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum hosted a “Flight Night” on July 17, 2021, where…
In the early 1980s, the Night/Adverse Weather A-10 was renamed the YA-10B In the 1970s, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, popularly referred to as the Warthog was developed to offer close…
More effective than the renowned Japanese A6M Zero, the F6F Hellcat downed 5,156 enemy aircraft in just two years, accounting for 75% of the Navy’s aerial wins throughout the war…
A flaw was found in the batch of suits NASA was producing for the pilots before the launch of Columbia on the first shuttle mission (STS-1). Since 1941, the David…