In 1975, USS Belknap and USS John F. Kennedy collided in the Mediterranean Sea
The nickname for the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier became “The Can Opener” and for good reason. The USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) aircraft carrier (on the evening…
The nickname for the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier became “The Can Opener” and for good reason. The USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) aircraft carrier (on the evening…
The Skyhawk For more than ten years, France was Israel’s primary supplier of weapons. However, by the middle of the 1960s, it was determined to acquire advanced and powerful US…
Lieutenant Colonel William H. Rankin fell from 47,000 feet into “one of the most violent storms ever recorded on the East Coast,” parachuted over 65 miles in 40 minutes, and…
Above Mach 2.2, some of the airflows are bled from the fourth stage of the compressor and dumped into the augmentor inlet through six bleed-bypass tubes, circumventing the core of…
“The F-14 crew caught a detail in the weather briefing and flew that 95 knots pass into a shear-wind (opposed to the F-15A-pilot), and then did a few turns no…
The footage features USAF F-4 and RF-4 Phantom IIs flying extremely low with J79 noise (along with some spectacular sonic booms) and no background music The Noise You Hear is…
The KC-10 Extender A modified McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing Company) DC-10, the KC-10A entered service in 1981. Twenty KC-10s were modified to add wing-mounted pods further enhancing their aerial refueling…
Uncertainty about the return of the V-22 tiltrotor Air Boss Vice Adm. Daniel Cheever, the head of US naval aviation, said in a panel at the WEST 2024 conference, co-hosted…
The U-2 Built in complete secrecy by Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, the original U-2A first flew in August 1955. Early flights over the Soviet Union in the…
The A-10 Warthog The A-10 is the Air Force’s premier close air support aircraft, providing invaluable protection to troops on the ground. The A-10 offers excellent maneuverability at low airspeeds…