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E-8 JSTARS Has Flown Its Last Operational Mission
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 26, 2023
False Canopies On Fighters Work, One Almost Killed Me
By Dan McWilliams / Updated Aug 28, 2023
F-111 Aardvark’s Crew Escape Module Ejected The Whole Cockpit
By Oliver Parken / Updated Aug 17, 2023
The Colossal Skypirate Was A Beast Of A Carrier Aircraft Design
By Oliver Parken / Updated Jul 31, 2023
Memorial To Those That Pioneered Stealth Technology Unveiled
By Oliver Parken / Updated Jul 18, 2023
Aircraft Carriers With Rubber Decks Were A Bad Idea
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 7, 2023
Century Of Aerial Refueling Celebrated By Tanker Flyovers Across U.S.
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 27, 2023
The Italian Air Force Just Turned 100
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 29, 2023
A-10 Pilot’s Diary Entry From The Day She Was Nearly Shot Down
By Kim “KC” Campbell / Updated Mar 9, 2023
Hawker Hunter Aggressor Pilot Recounts Ejection Right Out Of Top Gun
By Jan Tegler / Updated Feb 16, 2023
Israel’s Secretive MiG-29 Fulcrum Test Program
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 15, 2023
Russia Also Has A Fleet Of Spy Balloons
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Feb 13, 2023
The Soviets Built Bespoke Balloon-Killer Planes During The Cold War
By Piotr Butowski / Updated Feb 7, 2023
The Monstrous Helistat Flew Just About As Good As It Looked
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jan 23, 2023
The B-2’s Little-Known GAM Weapon Was The First Satellite-Guided Bomb
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jan 5, 2023
First AIM-120 AMRAAM And U.S. F-16 Kill Happened 30 Years Ago
By Oliver Parken / Updated Dec 28, 2022
F-22 Test Pilot Details The Raptor’s Incredible Speed
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 21, 2022
This Is What Lockheed’s Stealth Bomber Would Have Looked Like
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 12, 2022
The Tale Of The Duty Cat
By Kevin Noonan / Updated Nov 15, 2022
B-17 In Horrific Mid-Air Collision At Dallas Airshow (Updated)
By Stetson Payne / Updated Nov 12, 2022
What It’s Really Like Going From Flying Air Force F-15s To Airline 737s
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Nov 10, 2022
The Convair RB-58 Recce Hustler’s Short But Fascinating Career
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 21, 2022
Why An Officer On EC-135C Doomsday Planes Packed A Revolver
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 1, 2022
Historic X-47B Carrier-Capable Unmanned Jets Are Headed To Museums
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 25, 2022
The Time A Navy Sub Hunter Found A Lost B-58 Hustler In Great Salt Lake
By Kevin Noonan / Updated Jul 28, 2022
Why The Legacy Of Robin Olds Lives On In Today’s Fighter Pilots
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 14, 2022
Swedish Air Force Pays Tribute To Spy Plane Crew Shot Down By Russia 70 Years Ago
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 13, 2022
Behold The Lost F-14 Tomcat Demo Tapes
By Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka / Updated May 6, 2022
The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Apr 29, 2022
Father Flew First F-15 Eagles Into Europe, Son Just Flew Them Out
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Apr 27, 2022
The One Time North Vietnam’s MiGs Attacked U.S. Navy Warships
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 22, 2022
SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Looked Even Cooler With Canards
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 22, 2022
A Look Back At All The B-52 Variants As The Iconic Bomber Hits 70
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 16, 2022
The Extraordinary Story Of The Last Fighter Mission Over Afghanistan
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Feb 17, 2022
X-32’s Test Pilot On Why It Lost To What Became The F-35
By Brett Tingley / Updated Feb 4, 2022
Russia’s Su-34 Fullback Strike Jet Is The King Of Hauling Gas
By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 10, 2022
The F-117 Tested A Mirror-Like Skin Decades Before The F-22 Did
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 22, 2021
This Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-Watch
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 10, 2021
The Air Force Blew It When It Decided Not To Give Its KC-135s Winglets 40 Years Ago
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 20, 2021
New Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program Manager
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 10, 2021
This Spherical Manned Airship Was Tested By The Navy As An Eye In The Sky
By Brett Tingley / Updated Jul 20, 2021
The Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like Launcher
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 14, 2021
Marines Had An “Aircraft Carrier On Land” With Catapults And Arresting Gear In Vietnam
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 9, 2021
The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 9, 2021
Air Force Finds New Need For Low-Cost Engine Tech Used On Nazi Buzz Bombs
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 24, 2021
The Most Replayed Carrier Crash In History Happened 70 Years Ago Today
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 23, 2021
The Story Behind The Thunderbirds’ Black-Tailed F-4 Phantom And “Captain Carbon”
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 28, 2021
With No Ejection Seats, Skyknight Fighter Crews Slid Down A Tunnel To Salvation
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 5, 2021
Remembering The Time Grumman Helped Craft A Modern Fighter For China
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 29, 2021
The Boscombe Down Incident Remains One Of Military Aviation’s Most Intriguing Mysteries
By Brett Tingley / Updated Apr 7, 2021
This Is The Early Warning Radar Helicopter The Royal Navy Could Have Had
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 1, 2021
Canada’s CF-105 Arrow Interceptor Is The Cold War Legend That Refuses To Die
By Stephen Walker / Updated Mar 25, 2021