The Japanese, who referred to the B-17 Flying Fortress as a four-engine fighter, gave it a bad reputation in the Pacific One of the most recognizable aircraft ever constructed is…
‘Those Japanese choppers hovered all day, just for fun. The kind of fun you only get in the military,’ said Michael Alapaki, a former US Navy enlisted aircrew For a…
US Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can outrun virtually every surface ship in most sea states. The rougher it is, the more they will be able to outdistance other watercraft. US…
Enterprise had shed her first blood in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor On the evening of December 8, 1941, the USS Enterprise CV-6 (The Big E) arrived…
“The two MiG-17s went into a 60-degree port turn. I immediately thought they saw us and I slid to the outside of their turn, re-confirmed I was ‘in Sidewinder’ and…
The Oite Kamikaze-class destroyer was unique in that, it was sunk entering Truk Lagoon rather than exiting it Early in 1944, the island base of Truk served as the Japanese…
“Someone was going to die within the next two minutes, and it wasn’t going to be me or my wingman,” said Gary North, the first USAF pilot to down an…
Compared to the Merlin version, Spitfire’s performance with the DB 605 was excellent Among British aircraft, the Supermarine Spitfire is arguably the most well-known. The aim to provide higher performance…
The USS Austin LPD-4 is being towed by a CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter in Long Island Sound in the picture in this post The striking image in this post shows a CH-53 heavy-lift helicopter pulling the USS Austin LPD-4 in Long Island Sound in January 1968. According to a tweet that was…
The EMALS comes in 2 launcher configuration while the AAG will have 3 engines. As noted by Alert 5, France has secured the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced…