RAF Lakenheath rededicates its historic F-100D Super Sabre static display following a major restoration, preserving the legacy of the 48th Fighter Wing's first jet aircraft at the base.

Key point: The F-100 wasn’t perfect but it was a major leap in technology that lasted into the 1980s. On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager became the first aircraft ...

Aerospace mechanics are the evolutionary apex of the humble car mechanic. In the aerospace field, the margin for error is microscopic, and the consequences for ...

BLOOMINGTON — For a group of about a dozen veterans, maintaining the Prairie Aviation Museum’s F-100 Super Sabre fighter plane is a labor of love. And that’s what they did Labor Day morning as they ...

GROVE — Growing up surrounded by Pennsylvania steel mills during the 1960s, the only thing Dr. John Swartz wanted to do was fly a jet. “My first solo flight was a T-41 trainer in 1976 at the Air Force ...

On December 17, 1950, the first known aerial combat between swept-wing jet fighters took place in the skies over Korea. The Russian-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 had been recently introduced and its ...

An Australian Department of Defence spokeswoman said an Australian EA-18G Growler and a F/A-18F Super Hornet “declared PANS” before coming into land at the Royal Australian Airforce Base Amberely, on ...

Key point: This supersonic jet made history, but was terribly accident-prone. Here is how it evolved and what the Air Force learned from it. On October 14, 1947, an orange-painted Bell X-1 piloted by ...