The KC-135Q It’s impossible to overemphasize the essential role played by the KC-135Q tanker crews, without whom successful prosecution of the SR-71 Blackbird mission would have been impossible. As told…
The SR-71 Blackbird One of the most sophisticated members of the Blackbirds family, the SR-71 (along with the A-12 and YF-12), was created by a team of Lockheed personnel under…
The F-14 Tomcat When it came to Cold War fighter jets, the US Navy’s Grumman F-14 Tomcat was unmatched overall. Six long-range AIM-54A Phoenix missiles could be guided by the…
Can a fighter jet be stolen? Theft of aircraft is a crime that is becoming more and more common, and it is frequently committed in conjunction with drug smuggling. Owners…
The SR-71 Blackbird One of the most sophisticated Blackbirds, the SR-71 (along with the A-12 and YF-12) was created by a group of Lockheed personnel under the direction of Clarence…
The RAF Lighting Interceptor Designed as a Mach 2 interceptor with an unrivaled rate of climb, the English Electric Lightning was frequently referred to as “a pilot sitting on two…
The SR-71 Blackbird The US Air Force (USAF) created the SR-71 Blackbird in the 1960s; it was a plane that could move at a speed that was more than three…
The B-47 that flew the largest Nuclear Bomb ever built to Spain The first XB-47 prototype, built to fulfill a 1944 need, flew in December 1947 and outperformed its competitors.…
French Aéronavale F-8 Crusader One term for the Vought F-8 Crusader was “fighter pilot’s fighter.” Although flying the jet was difficult, particularly during carrier landings, Crusader pilots had a great…
The KC-135 Stratotanker The Boeing Company’s model 367-80 served as the basic design for both the KC-135A Stratotanker and the commercial 707 passenger aircraft. The Air Force acquired the first…