The Air Force Desperately Needs A Stealth Tanker
Fielding a stealthy tanker would go a long way to remedy the USAF's near-sighted practice of betting heavily on relatively short-ranged stealth fighters, but it won't be cheap.
Fielding a stealthy tanker would go a long way to remedy the USAF's near-sighted practice of betting heavily on relatively short-ranged stealth fighters, but it won't be cheap.
America's most valuable stealth combat aircraft might have seemed like an odd choice to bomb a target whose air defenses were neutered in 2011. It wasn't.
The supercarrier's silhouette hasn't changed much over the past 50 years, but one utilitarian staple of the flight deck has gone the way of the dodo bird.
This is a threat that has been building for years—and it's just the beginning.
The UK Ministry Of Defense was invited to join the highly elite stealth combat aircraft club far earlier than anyone previously realized.
He was a daring flying leatherneck before he donned a spacesuit for NASA.
The Intruder came in many flavors, but the rare A-6C was perhaps the most interesting.
As the Admiral Kuznetsov executes air strikes on Syria we can get a glimpse of what lies beneath her black smoke trail and dark gray skin in this amateur video.
The US Navy doesn't have a monopoly on big boats.
Now that's a quick turnaround!
Tactical military aircraft, and especially fighters, are particularly vulnerable to bird strikes.
They are a special breed indeed.
Demand for the iconic four-engine jet has dwindled in recent years and other factors have further pushed Boeing to stop making them entirely.
It may not have been official, or long lived, but it sure looked evil.
Another pass in the ongoing dogfight of priorities within the USAF.
Going inside the safest and most dangerous place on the road.
Go ask ALIS if your enemy's air defenses are ten feet tall...
America's knack for weapons ingenuity goes back to its roots.
Swing-wings, blistering fast down low, and super temperamental. What's not to love?
Richard Crandall compares the Strike Eagle he flew 25 years ago in Desert Storm to those screaming over the Kingdom today.