The X-37B spaceplane was designed for an on-orbit duration of 270 days. The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on…
Say It With Sailors! The Tradition of the Aircraft Carrier Deck Spell-Out
There is an old marketing slogan used by florists worldwide that has been in use for years: “Say it with Flowers!” The carrier-equipped navies of the world have a better…
USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier First Deployment could Slip to 2024
The developmental delays in the new technologies that are included aboard the first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier have continued to slip Ford’s first deployment date, originally planned for 2018. USS Gerald R.…
Few aircraft may have a more fitting name than the Saab 37 “Viggen,” which means “Thunderbolt” and alludes to the three-forced lightning produced by Thor’s hammer. During the darkest years…
Battle of Midway, sunken Japanese aircraft carrier, Kaga, found!
The loss of four large attack carriers, including Kaga at Midway, was a crucial setback for Japan and contributed significantly to Japan’s ultimate defeat. Hundreds of miles off Midway Atoll, nearly halfway…
Cool Slow-Motion Video Shows a British F-35B taking off from HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time
In a Tweet, personnel on the ship said of the clip: ‘Disclaimer: this video has been slowed down; F-35B moves significantly faster in real time!!’ Released on Oct. 16, 2019,…
A picture of a Russian battlecruiser to wish the US Navy a happy birthday
Little did Mast (a US Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient) know that the ship was not part of the U.S. Navy’s fleet, but the Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy. Republican…
UK F-35 Lightning Stealth Fighters Land on HMS Queen Elizabeth for the First Time
The first operational deployment for HMS Queen Elizabeth 617 Squadron and a squadron of US Marine Corps F-35 Lightning jets is due to take place in 2021. For the first…
In contrast to flak damage, the percentage of allied bombers lost to or damaged by enemy fighters significantly decreased during the 1944 The Allied bomber onslaught was a massive industrial…
Two UK Phantom aircraft saved by the British Phantom Aviation Group
The East Midlands airport is where the preservation work started and where both of these Phantom aircraft were moved The start of two new preservation initiatives in the UK was…