The B-36 Peacemaker’s wing was sufficiently deep to allow technicians to access it and maintain the engines while the aircraft was in flight The B-36 Peacemaker was designed in 1941…
Several US Army pilots enlisted in the war in Vietnam purely out of a desire to pilot the UH-1 Huey A 1955 US Army competition for a new utility helicopter…
Captain Carroll “Lex” The founder of Neptunus Lex Blog, Fairfax LeFon, was a naval aviator, a husband, a father, and the patriarch of an online community that is still active…
After receiving its first Vought F4U Corsairs in October 1942, VF-12 earned the nickname “ensign eliminator.” The best fighter aircraft in the Pacific region of World War II was the…
Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, a renowned F-14 Tomcat pilot and accomplished airshow performer, was reported to have perished on July 24, 2021, in Lewiston, Idaho, when a SIAI Marchetti SM.1019 crashed…
The Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne’s ability to self-deploy over great distances, including the 2,200-mile journey from California to Hawaii, was a little-noticed feature of the aircraft The Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne assault…
As the Ghost of Kyiv legend spreads, we are reminded of another wartime tale that also inspired people during a time of war As the legend of the Ghost of…
The USAF ordered 93 F-12B Blackbird Mach 3+ Interceptors, each of which was equipped with three Hughes AIM-47A Falcon air-to-air missiles in secure compartments at the fuselage’s bottom On February…
Although the F4U Corsair subsequently proved to be a better fighter in Pacific operations, its initial use in this theater of operations exposed its flaws Although the F4U Corsair ultimately…
The Tu-160’s performance and design attributes, according to the Russian military and many of the world’s best aviation specialists, theoretically give it an advantage over the B-1B and the stealthy…