Researchers contrasted full-scale supersonic aircraft flight data with findings from models in wind tunnels, computer-aided procedures, and other flight tests using the Tu-144LL to conduct flight tests For a lengthy…
“It is only the size of a dime, but the black words backlit on the square red light jumped at me larger than life – ‘SAM’. At the same time…
“The two guys on the wanted list step out from the overhang of the building and you could see them in the FLIR picture. One guy took a drag off…
“I smiled to myself and breathed a prayer: ‘Lord, please let that little guy grow up to be a pilot – he’ll never forget his first up-close glimpse of an…
Hoehn and Toomey learned that their intended location was maybe where Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq, was staying We remember the U.S. Air Force F-117 airstrikes over Baghdad on…
“I came out of the AOR, contacted the appropriate agency, and said, ‘Copy. You’re going to support ‘Ram 01′.’ That’s all I got. Who’s ‘Ram 01!?’,” Capt Paul Carlton 55th FS…
Lockheed proposed two L-2000 models: the intercontinental L-2000-7A, which could carry up to 266 passengers, and the domestic L-2000-7B, which could accommodate up to 308 The amazing images in this…
USAF “triple ace” Robin Olds is credited as wearing a mustache as a sign of resistance against authoritarian authority Military men have worn mustaches throughout history. Younger men and those…
The flight was excellent, and the Tupolev Tu-114 made an impressive landing at Andrews AFB When President Eisenhower and the American delegation arrived for the 1955 superpower summit in Geneva…
“There was AAA everywhere, and I could see these big white puffs and red ropes getting closer and closer. They were gaining on me every second, and were now only…