The XB-70A Valkyrie The 1950s saw the development of the futuristic XB-70A Valkyrie, a high-altitude, nuclear strike bomber capable of flying at Mach 3, or three times the speed of…
F-14 Cockpit Selfie The word “selfie” is defined as ‘a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam, and uploaded to a social media website.’…
Jay Lacklen Jay Lacklen concluded his service in the Air Force Reserve in 2004, achieving the rank of Lt. Col. and accumulating 12,500 hours of flight time. From 2005 to…
The Blackbird Developed from the Lockheed A-12 and YF-12A aircraft, the SR-71, referred to unofficially as the “Blackbird,” is a long-range, advanced, strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Dec. 22, 1964, saw the…
The UH-1 The most popular light utility helicopter ever made is the Bell Iroquois, also known as the Huey. The military has used a variant of it in around 60…
The SR-71 spy plane The iconic SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, often known as Habu because it looked like the native Habu snake in Okinawa, Japan, holds the official record for…
The F-20 Tigershark light-fighter The F-20 Tigershark is a fighter plane that Northrop started developing in 1975. It was intended to be reliable, easy to fly, and inexpensive to maintain.…
The UH-60 Black Hawk during Operation Urgent Fury In October 1983, the US Army was ordered to launch an immediate military intervention in Grenada, a small Caribbean island nation 70…
Cyclic operations To land an aircraft on a carrier’s flight deck, which is basically a miniature airfield that is pitching, rolling, and yawing in the rough seas in which these…
The Blackbird The Lockheed A-12 and YF-12A aircraft served as the foundation for the development of the SR-71, also referred to as the “Blackbird” or long-range, advanced strategic reconnaissance aircraft.…