History is filled with military aircraft that looked like expensive miscalculations long before they ever saw combat.

Not every obsolete aircraft failed. Some were simply built for a future that never arrived. As threats evolved and doctrine shifted, platforms once seen as cutting-edge found their roles shrinking or ...

When Louis Charles Joseph Blériot crossed the English Channel on July 25, 1909, few could have imagined that more than a century later, one of his early monoplanes would still be flying. Now, 116 ...