The B-52 took part in Operation Secret Squirrel for the first time since the Vietnam War. By disrupting the Iraqi military’s ability to communicate and produce power, the goal was…
The nuclear age began on a Monday morning in 1945. At 8:15 a.m., an Enola Gay B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The world would never…
The renderings show the B-21 in hangars at the three locations where the nation’s newest stealth bomber will be housed – Dyess Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and…
A remarkable mission was carried out on August 27, 1941, by Lockheed Hudsons of the RAF Coastal Command’s 269 Squadron: they seized a U-boat without the aid of surface ships…
When Bill Reed was roughly 20 miles from Liangshan airfield, his engine suddenly stopped. Bill also bailed out, despite hesitations he might have had. Some speculation exists as to what…
“The hard wing variants did not turn as well as the slatted models. Smaller planes could outturn it however a well-flown Phantom was the king until the next generation fighters…
The swing wing was the preferred design for strategic bombing and attack aircraft in the 1960s and 1970s when the ‘Swing-Wing’ capacity to further streamline aircraft was incorporated into the…
The destruction of the Luftwaffe and its industries was the Eighth Air Force’s top mission in 1943, and its B-17s were dedicated weapons for long-range, daytime precision bombing The destruction…
The video clip in this post also includes commentary from the news media at the time regarding the YF-23 and the YF-22, a rival that later evolved into the F-22…
“I smiled to myself and breathed a prayer: ‘Lord, please let that little guy grow up to be a pilot – he’ll never forget his first up-close glimpse of an…