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Military Aviation History (Page 4)

Latest in Military Aviation History

Watch These Old World War II Bombers Launch Target Drones

Aircraft Carrier “Bow Prongs” and Why They Are Disappearing

John Glenn’s Combat Nickname Was “Old Magnet Ass” For All The Right Reasons

Behold the Pioneering A-6C Intruder With its Massive Ventral Sensor Pod

SAAB’s Viggen Could Stick a Landing and Takeoff Again Like No Other Fighter

The “Toxic Death” Paint Scheme Was The F-117 Nighthawk’s Most Outrageous

Pour Out an Iced Tea for Bob Hoover

The Air Force Almost Got A Near Hypersonic Radar Plane Killing Cruise Missile Decades Ago

The A-7 Attack Jet’s Head Up Display Was A Revolution In Air Combat Tech

Incredible Lecture By F-14 Designer Explains Why The Tomcat Owes A Lot To The F-111

The Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet Union

The F-111 Aardvark’s Air Inlet Spike Was A Work Of Engineering Art

The SR-71 Blackbird Was Almost Brought Back For The Global War On Terror

CIA’s Predecessor To The SR-71 Blackbird Tested Electron Guns To Hide From Radars

This Strategic Air Command Airpower Demonstration From 1987 Is Just Bonkers

This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible

Details Emerge About The Secretive RQ-170 Stealth Drone’s First Trip To Korea

The B-52 Almost Got An Ahead Of Its Time Air-Launched Ballistic Missile Named Skybolt

Check Out This Rare Footage Of Red Eagle MiGs At Tonopah Test Range Airport

The Saga Of The AGM-129 Cruise Missile That Was Basically A Stealth Jet Designed Upside Down

This Is What A Northrop F-23A Would’ve Looked Like If It Had Beaten Lockheed’s F-22

Test Pilot Recounts F-117’s Wobbly First Flight And Entering Into Its Top Secret World

The Army Nearly Adopted This Stealthy OH-58X Kiowa Warrior Variant

Origins Of Stealth Black Hawks Date Back Over Three Decades Before The Bin Laden Raid

A-4 Skyhawks Had These Crazy Thermal Shields To Protect Pilots From Nuclear Blasts

The SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Created “Plasma Stealth” By Burning Cesium-Laced Fuel

This Is What Grumman’s Proposed F-14 Super Tomcat 21 Would Have Actually Looked Like

Bell’s Bizarre Looking Stretched Huey Turned Out To Be A Rare But Sought After Workhorse

The AGM-86C Cruise Missile That Introduced GPS Guided Weaponry Is Bowing Out Of Service

The Air Force May Have Retired The Predator, But It was the Army That Blazed Its Trail

Four Big Takeaways From Day One Of The Air Force Association’s Big Annual Bash

This Navy Squadron’s Music Video Is the Most Wonderfully Horrible ’80s Thing Ever

A B-52H Nicknamed “Wise Guy” Becomes The Second To Ever Come Back From The Bone Yard

Historic Northrop Flying Wing Crashed After Doing A “Barrel Roll” According To NTSB (Updated)

This Ghost Of A Helicopter Likely Had A Secret Role In Reagan’s ‘Tear Down This Wall’ Speech

Rare and Historic Northrop Flying Wing Crashes Into Prison Yard In California (Updated)

Exclusive: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying-Wing Drone Revealed

Behold The First P-82 Twin Mustang To Take To The Skies In Over Three Decades

CIA Put The First Mi-17 Chopper It Flew Into Afghanistan After 9/11 In A Museum You Can’t Visit

The YF-23’s Weapons Bay Layout Was One Of Its Best Features And One Of Its Worst

Remembering When The 366th Wing Was An Experimental Rapid Response ‘Air Force In A Box’

Listen To A P-82 Twin Mustang Purr, A Glorious Sound Not Heard In Over 30 Years

This Is What A Boeing F-32 Would’ve Looked Like If Lockheed Lost The JSF Competition

The YF-23’s Air Inlet Design Was Its Most Exotic Feature You Never Heard Of

Boeing’s Been Granted A Patent For Turning The B-1B Into A Gunship Bristling With Cannons

Navy F/A-18 Legacy Hornets Have Taken Their Last Cruise Aboard A U.S. Aircraft Carrier

Exclusive Photos: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying Wing Drone Breaks Cover

F-117 Program Used These Futuristic Hand Scanners While Highly Classified In The ’80s

Watch This Crazy Video Of A Venezuelan F-16 Gunning Down An OV-10 Bronco

Tour The F-16’s Cockpit And Learn How To Fight In It In These Rad Vintage Videos

The First Giant Mecha Robot Fight Was Lame, But This Real Cold War Era Mecha Wasn’t

Last Time North Korea Shot Down A U.S. Military Plane It Could Have Led To Nuclear War

This Marine One Test Helicopter Was Brought Back From The Dead

This Northrop Grumman Exec Has Some Very Interesting Airplane Models On His Desk

Audio From The 1999 Shoot Down Of F-117 “Vega 31” Over Serbia Is Chilling

Boeing Needs New Names For Its Advanced Super Hornet And Eagle Fighters

Take a Virtual Ride in the Cockpit on the F-4 Phantom’s Retirement Flight

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Flew For the First Time 10 Years Ago Today

The Phantastic QF-4 Phantom Full-Scale Target Drone Takes its Phinal Unmanned Phlight

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