Featured in Strategic Air CommandBYRobert HopkinsJun 1, 2021ShareThe History Of American Presidents Flying Aboard Doomsday PlanesWe explore the relationship between presidents and the Air Force’s flying command posts that are meant to carry them into Armageddon. BYRobert HopkinsJun 1, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 9, 2021ShareThis Stretched Super FB-111 Was A Low-Cost Challenger To The B-1 BomberWith the B-1 canceled, the Air Force looked to a radically revised, truly strategic FB-111 variant that carried more than double the fuel and weapons. BYThomas NewdickJan 9, 2021ShareBYRobert HopkinsDec 16, 2020ShareChasing Soviet Missiles In The Cobra Ball From A Desolate Rock In The Aleutian IslandsDuring the Cold War, RC-135 Cobra Ball missile test tracking jet crews sat alert at one of the most remote and inhospitable places on earth. BYRobert HopkinsDec 16, 2020ShareBYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020ShareHere’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs EverWith the Cold War ending, one EC-135 airborne command post crew carefully planned to go out on top at their home air show. BYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020ShareBYThomas NewdickSep 22, 2020ShareU.S. Strategic Command Tweet Throws Shade On Russia’s Long-Range Bomber MissionThe Russian Air Force’s latest long-range mission is impressive, but it is a long way from surpassing U.S. Air Force records BYThomas NewdickSep 22, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 8, 2020ShareThis Strategic Air Command Airpower Demonstration From 1987 Is Just BonkersA B-52, KC-10, FB-111, and two KC-135s pulled off wild maneuvers, many of which wouldn’t be allowed today, over Offutt AFB at the end of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayMar 8, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareB-52s Would Have Nuked Their Way Through Soviet Air Defenses With These MissilesThe AGM-69 Short Range Attack Missile was a vital, but seldom discussed part of America’s airborne deterrent during the last half of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYRobert HopkinsJun 1, 2021ShareThe History Of American Presidents Flying Aboard Doomsday PlanesWe explore the relationship between presidents and the Air Force’s flying command posts that are meant to carry them into Armageddon. BYRobert HopkinsJun 1, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 9, 2021ShareThis Stretched Super FB-111 Was A Low-Cost Challenger To The B-1 BomberWith the B-1 canceled, the Air Force looked to a radically revised, truly strategic FB-111 variant that carried more than double the fuel and weapons. BYThomas NewdickJan 9, 2021Share
BYRobert HopkinsDec 16, 2020ShareChasing Soviet Missiles In The Cobra Ball From A Desolate Rock In The Aleutian IslandsDuring the Cold War, RC-135 Cobra Ball missile test tracking jet crews sat alert at one of the most remote and inhospitable places on earth. BYRobert HopkinsDec 16, 2020Share
BYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020ShareHere’s How An EC-135 Crew Pulled Off One Of The Most Jaw-Dropping Air Show Takeoffs EverWith the Cold War ending, one EC-135 airborne command post crew carefully planned to go out on top at their home air show. BYRobert HopkinsNov 27, 2020Share
BYThomas NewdickSep 22, 2020ShareU.S. Strategic Command Tweet Throws Shade On Russia’s Long-Range Bomber MissionThe Russian Air Force’s latest long-range mission is impressive, but it is a long way from surpassing U.S. Air Force records BYThomas NewdickSep 22, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 8, 2020ShareThis Strategic Air Command Airpower Demonstration From 1987 Is Just BonkersA B-52, KC-10, FB-111, and two KC-135s pulled off wild maneuvers, many of which wouldn’t be allowed today, over Offutt AFB at the end of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayMar 8, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareB-52s Would Have Nuked Their Way Through Soviet Air Defenses With These MissilesThe AGM-69 Short Range Attack Missile was a vital, but seldom discussed part of America’s airborne deterrent during the last half of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
