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.,…
When four F-104s were training for the type’s “introduction-into-service” demonstration in June 1962 and crashed in formation, killing all four pilots, it was a very terrible start for the Starfighter…
The F-16 program changed the fighter forces of the USAF The 388th Fighter Wing (FW), now more well known as the Viper, was to be the first squadron to switch…
The F-117, which was hailed as the first airplane in the world to deploy stealth technology, never ceases to amaze and confound anybody who sees it The first six examples…
The XB-70 Valkyrie, the largest experimental aircraft ever built, was meant to gather data while in flight for use in developing both military and commercial supersonic aircraft The futuristic XB-70A…
The B-58 Hustler was the first bomber in history to be built with supersonic speeds maintained throughout the mission profile The beautiful picture in this article, which was taken on…
“The F-4 Phantom was the last plane that looked like it was made to kill somebody. It was a beast. It could go through a flock of birds and kick…
Due to the magnitude of the destruction wrought that night, the stretch of road that Haddad and his team had fired on became known as the “Highway of Death.” The…
On the F-106, the Hughes MA-1 electronic guidance and fire control system was used, which also supported the Genie and Falcon missiles The F-106 Delta Dart all-weather interceptor was developed…
During Operation Desert Storm, the F-15C Eagle fighters were responsible for 34 of the 37 USAF air-to-air wins The F-15 Eagle is a tactical fighter designed to allow the United…