The Bell V-280 has beaten the Sikorsky Defiant X to the US Army FLRAA program The Bell V-280 has beaten the Sikorsky Defiant X to the US Army’s Future Long-Range…
The innovative way to bring more firepower to the fight with the HH-60G scheduled to be retired has to be cost-effective and easily transferred to the new HH-60W Jolly Green…
What is the real reason why pilots wear sunglasses? Sunglasses aid in protecting a pilot’s most important sensory asset: eyesight. To maximize visual performance in the cockpit, a good pair…
Carriers
Did you know that it Took four Weeks to Scuttle USS America, the Only Supercarrier Ever Sunk? Here’s why.
On Apr. 19, 2005, USS America was scuttled southeast of Cape Hatteras. She was the largest warship ever to be sunk USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class…
On the morning of November 29, 2022, there was a fire aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) The crew of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) extinguished a fire…
History
The first pilot of the SR-71 remembers flying the Blackbird Inverted and turning off the instrumentation to keep Kelly Johnson from knowing about it
Kelly Johnson named Robert J. “Bob” Gilliland chief test pilot when he began designing the advanced SR-71 Blackbird for the US Air Force Lockheed test pilot Robert J. “Bob” Gilliland…
History
For the 349th Squadron’s 80th anniversary, the Belgian Air Force painted an almost 50-year-old F-16 in an exclusive paint scheme
On November 4, 2022, the F-16 was shown to an audience of enthusiasts while escorting a WWII Spitfire fighter—a model that the 349 (F) Squadron of the British Royal Air…
F-14 Tomcat
From doing a flyby of the tower at over 400 knots to ejecting from an F-14: former Tomcat RIO answers your questions
‘I have actually done a fly by of the tower at over 400 knots…and I have photos to prove it,’ Dave “Bio” Baranek, former F-14 Tomcat RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek…
History
The first SR-71 RSO tells why the USAF refused to purchase the SR-71 unless the reconnaissance systems officer cockpit was rearranged before the Blackbird’s maiden flight
‘Airspeed indicators were on one side, attitude indicators were on the other, altimeter gauges were in the middle, and we couldn’t even tell what time it was. It was a…
History
F-86 pilot Robbie Risner pushed his wingman’s crippled Sabre for 60 miles to keep him out of enemy hands
Robbie Risner attempted to push 1st Lt. Joseph Logan’s F-86 toward Kimpo by having Logan turn off his engine and sticking his own Sabre’s nose into Logan’s tailpipe Prior to…