A hop in the F-20 Tigershark
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 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…
One of the most advanced aerodynamic designs of the 1930s The Messerschmitt Bf 109 began as an entry by the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke in a Luftwaffe (German Air Force) fighter competition…
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.…
Focke Wulf Fw 200 In April 1940, the Focke Wulf Fw 200 Condor made its maiden appearance over Norway while flying with Kampfgeschwader 40 (I/KG40), the unit that would later…
B-26 Marauder 42-107566 The horrific image in this post, which was taken on July 10, 1944, shows a B-26 Marauder 42-107566 after it was struck over Italy. The website of…
The backdrop Pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko of a PVO unit stationed at Chuguyevka air base, north of Vladivostok (other sources say Sakharovka air base), failed to return from a sortie…
The Oxcart The A-11 was a long-range, high-altitude aircraft that Lockheed started designing in 1959. It was a project from the Cold War. The project team was led by Lockheed’s…
The F-111 Aardvark The F-111 Aardvark was an all-weather attack aircraft capable of low-level penetration of enemy defenses to deliver ordnance on the target. Additionally, it was the first aircraft…