On April 18, 1988, the U.S. Navy destroyed two Iranian oil platforms, sunk one frigate and a missile boat, crippled a second ...
On Nov. 18, 1952, Royce Williams was piloting an F9F-5 Panther when he encountered seven Soviet MiG-15s. He shot down four of ...
At the age of 100, naval aviator Capt. Royce Williams is set to be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the ...
This is Flight on MSN
Two aircraft from a different kind of war
Filmed at Air Legend 2022, this footage captures the Bronco and Skyraider flying together. Both aircraft played key roles during the Vietnam War. The display emphasizes precision and persistence. Each ...
The Skyraider II is the first US Air Force plane since the Vietnam War to have a propeller instead of a jet engine—but there are good reasons for it.
Leadership is often discussed in theory. This series examines what leadership looks like when theory breaks down and ...
Dark Skies Official on MSNOpinion
The small jet that carried more firepower than anyone expected
In the early 1950s, as naval aircraft grew larger and more complex, Douglas engineer Ed Heinemann chose a radically different ...
In military aviation, raw speed is no longer a benchmark for domination over the skies. Power has evolved into a multidimensional concept, blending engine performance, payload capacity, range, sensors ...
The Crusader was active during the Vietnam War, ‘scoring’ 19 air-to-air victories for three losses, the best ratio of any US ...
Surface-to-air missiles invalidated speed and altitude as reliable survivability strategies faster than planners anticipated. Interceptor missions vanished as strategic threats shifted from bombers to ...
NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy recently completed a second successful demonstration advancing multi-platform coordination of autonomous systems, an essential step toward developing future ...
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