The F-4: An Aviation Icon
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was the military’s first supersonic, twin-engine all-weather fighter-bomber. The Phantom II had a top speed of over 1500 mph and a combat range of…
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was the military’s first supersonic, twin-engine all-weather fighter-bomber. The Phantom II had a top speed of over 1500 mph and a combat range of…
Air travel has been revolutionized over the last century by the development of faster, more efficient aircraft. However, that innovation hasn’t just come from big aerospace companies or government funding—it’s…
The destruction of the Luftwaffe and its industries was the Eighth Air Force’s top mission in 1943, and its B-17s were dedicated weapons for long-range, daytime precision bombing The destruction…
The video clip in this post also includes commentary from the news media at the time regarding the YF-23 and the YF-22, a rival that later evolved into the F-22…
Researchers contrasted full-scale supersonic aircraft flight data with findings from models in wind tunnels, computer-aided procedures, and other flight tests using the Tu-144LL to conduct flight tests For a lengthy…
“It is only the size of a dime, but the black words backlit on the square red light jumped at me larger than life – ‘SAM’. At the same time…
“The two guys on the wanted list step out from the overhang of the building and you could see them in the FLIR picture. One guy took a drag off…
“I smiled to myself and breathed a prayer: ‘Lord, please let that little guy grow up to be a pilot – he’ll never forget his first up-close glimpse of an…
Hoehn and Toomey learned that their intended location was maybe where Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq, was staying We remember the U.S. Air Force F-117 airstrikes over Baghdad on…
“I came out of the AOR, contacted the appropriate agency, and said, ‘Copy. You’re going to support ‘Ram 01′.’ That’s all I got. Who’s ‘Ram 01!?’,” Capt Paul Carlton 55th FS…