“Suddenly gray uniforms mixed with brown. I could see them hugging each other, dancing, and jumping. Americans were passing out cigarettes and chocolate,” Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I fighter ace.…
The F-14s’ spin issue made it difficult for them to engage in a dogfight successfully A line of post-Vietnam fighters began with the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and included the F-15…
The B-52 Ghost Rider’s refurbishment, modernization, and restoration work were finished in 272 calendar days by Tinker’s 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The rare photos in this post showcase the first…
The SR-71 remained the fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft for approximately 24 years of its life It was a different era in 1976. Americans were waiting to buy as the…
The Wild Weasels allow access to these contested areas, which are characterized by multiple integrated air defense systems on modern battlefields Airpower emerged as a substantial and expanding danger to…
The Cactus Air Force, which was primarily equipped with the rugged Wildcat fighter and the unrivaled Dauntless dive bomber, successfully repelled every Japanese onslaught Control of Henderson Field was at…
The B-52B of the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History is the only BUFF that has ever dropped an atomic bomb The Boeing B-52B Stratofortress serial number 52-0013, which…
On June 3, 1948, the Israeli Air Force won its first two aerial battles, according to popular opinion. However, that day no aircraft was shot down The first two aerial…
Hitler praised the Me 410 as the “backbone of the Reich air defense” after observing a demonstration of one with a BK 5 cannon in November 1943 The Me 210…
Even though his last statements were muddled, Nowotny’s aircraft was struck and on fire when he plunged to his death For their respective air forces, the Me 262 and P-51…