As the war came to an end, technology advanced quickly, and the first jet aircraft were pitted against or alongside the most powerful piston-engined types the world had ever seen.…
The Chinese Embassy in central Belgrade was one of the B-2’s objectives, and when it was struck by three GPS-Aided Munitions on May 7, 1999, it led to the OAF’s…
Both Israeli Mirage pilots were scared away by Tupolev Tu-16 defensive fire from the tail-mounted barbette after their Shafrir Mk.1 air-to-air missile attack attempt failed The Iraqi High Command in…
“As usual in a dogfight, I was tense and excited. I forgot to release the second safety catch for the rockets. They did not go off. I was in the…
In order to target the Italian liners Rex and Conte di Savoia, which were being employed as troop ships to North Africa, two aircraft flew very low, to roughly 300…
Flak-Bait II now shares a name with the first bomber and its history A Martin B-26 Marauder by the name of Flak-Bait had completed 207 missions by the time World…
An Allied fighter pilot who managed to get an A6M in his gunsight would typically find himself quickly targeted by the remaining two members of the shotai. Imperial Japanese Naval…
The memorial will honor the renowned Grumman fighter plane in addition to the people who manufactured and maintained the aircraft flew it and gave their lives doing so A monument…
The B-21 Raider, the world’s newest stealth heavy bomber, was eventually made public by Northrup. The B-21 builds upon the success of its illustrious predecessor, the B-2 Spirit, which was…
Brown avoided the curved approach in favor of a landing technique known as the “crabbed” landing on most, if not all, of the Seafire carrier tests he conducted The front-line…