The UH-1 Huey The UH-1 “Iroquois” helicopter, also known as the “Huey” for the phonetic sound of its original designation, HU-1, served as the Army’s workhorse throughout the Vietnam War.…
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F-14 Tomcat
“We were not just fleet air defenders:” F-14 RIO tells why Tomcat crews could prevail against anyone in a dogfight
The F-14 Tomcat Advancements during the Cold War in Soviet long-range patrol and bomber aircraft dictated a requirement for a fleet defense fighter that could engage high-altitude bombers from well…
Cold War
When a KC-135 Stratotanker crew crossed Vietnam DMZ and went into a dive to refuel a flamed-out F-105 Thunderchief
The KC-135 Stratotanker The KC-135 Stratotanker was the first offspring of the Dash 80. It was the only tanker employed by the Strategic Air Command for fifteen years, and it…
The A-12 Oxcart at Area 51 Area 51, a top-secret military installation hidden in the desert northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been the testing ground for the United States’…
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Even though the Boeing F-32 may have had some advantages over the F-35, it would have had the same issues as the Lightning II
The Boeing X-32 Boeing was given a four-year contract by the US Department of Defense in 1996 for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program competition’s concept demonstration phase. The intention…
The Barricade landing Navy carrier operations are a furious ballet that flogs the senses, even in the calmest circumstances. This is taken a step further when the choice is made…
X-59 Roll out Lockheed Martin Skunk Works rolled out the X-59 on Jan. 12, 2024, a unique experimental aircraft designed to quiet the sonic boom, at a ceremony in Palmdale,…
F-14 Tomcat
Maverick has some gas left in the tank: Top Gun 3 allegedly in Development, Tom Cruise, Glen Powell and Miles Teller to Return
Top Gun 3 In the night of Jan. 11, 2024 Puck News reported that one of Tom Cruise’s biggest franchises is about to take flight once again. In fact, a…
The Vigilante The North American A3J Vigilante was once intended to be a Mach 2 all-weather bomber with nuclear weapons capability. However, as nuclear submarines took over the Navy’s strategic…
Cold War
US Navy A-7 pilot recalls when he flew alone into a formation of Soviet Tu-16 bombers to see if they were conducting a missile strike against his carrier
A lonely US Navy A-7 intercepts a formation of Soviet Tu-16 Badger bombers The Tupolev Tu-16, also known by the NATO reporting name Badger, was an innovative project that was…