Blimps from the US Navy were not supposed to engage surfaced U-boats, but they were essential for spotting and pinning them down until other assistance arrived Nazi Germany and the…
Humor
When Chuck Yeager called his Super Tomcat “the only real fighter” featured at Edwards AFB air show
There were plenty of shiny USAF fighters but I knew exactly what he meant. They didn’t count because they were test articles and hadn’t been dirtied up or bloodied. Chuck…
Duke took me on a visit to TOPGUN and I got to meet with the pilots there. The meeting was planned to last just 30 minutes, but I ended up…
In 1998, Bout’s companies sold Taliban transport planes that, despite being operated by military pilots and owned by the Taliban air force, occasionally sported the recognizable blue and white paint…
Yeager flew in an F-15 Eagle to mark the 50th anniversary of his historic X-1 flight in 1997 when he was 74 years old The renowned US Air Force (USAF)…
IOC enables VMFA-314 to deploy the F-35C onto aircraft carriers where they will be able to support combat operations anywhere in the world. In a time characterized by rapidly evolving…
For the Brits, the loss of Force Z was a catastrophic setback that essentially signaled the end of their empire in the East Britain’s empire in Southeast Asia was in…
“I flew the F-16 for nine years. Grandpa fighter pilot. Older than the parents of most of the young pilots at the base. I would soon be turning 59, an…
Airshows
Video shows Blue Angels F/A-18C final flight to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
The recently retired F/A-18C flew into Washington Dulles International Airport on Nov. 18, 2020, in preparation for display at the museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, at a later date.…
The Bristol 135 On the main up departure platform at Temple Meads Station in Bristol, early one morning in February 1934, the most devastating blow to Britain’s pre-war air defenses…