It was not uncommon for airmen to strike or become hooked on their aircraft during the Second World War It was not uncommon for airmen to strike or become hooked…
Is it accurate to say that the Space Shuttle smelt awful when ground crews arrived to clean and unload it after a flight? During the 30 years of the Space…
After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israelis dispatched an F-4 crew to TOPGUN New tactics are acquired in battle, lost or discarded when conflict is over, and relearned at…
On January 16, 2022, retired Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, a renowned member of the Tuskegee Airmen, passed away at 102 years old On January 16, 2022, retired Brig. Gen. Charles…
In the closing stages of the war, some Messerschmitt Bf-109Gs of III Gruppe/JG5 were defeated by Fleet Air Arm Squadron 882 F4F Wildcat fighters The British Royal Navy was in…
The aircraft’s highest speed with its wings swept back was 1,544 mph. So what was the F-14’s top speed when its wings were swept forward? A fleet defense fighter that…
On August 17, 1966, Lt. Andre Coltrin of VFP-63 Det G piloted an RF-8 while performing a very risky photo-reconnaissance mission over Bac Giang on the Thuong River at a…
Our F-16 2021 XTM X-Tiger is now prepared to stalk the skies in an XT-ROAR-DINARY paint for a special event These awesome images of the new Belgian Air Component “Tiger”…
The USAF decided to purchase the F-105 Thunderchief instead of producing the F-107A after giving it some serious thought A mid-1950s improvement on the popular F-100 Super Sabre was the…
The F-14A Tomcat’s AWG-15 fire-control system was always configured in CCIP-mode, meaning the jet could always drop “dumb” bombs For those who still don’t know: the F-14A Tomcat’s AWG-15 fire-control…