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 ...
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.
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In the early 1950s, as naval aircraft grew larger and more complex, Douglas engineer Ed Heinemann chose a radically different path. Instead of replacing the Navy’s massive Skyraider with an even ...
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 ...
Although it is likely still several years from fielding an operational aircraft, the US Navy (USN) has begun the process of developing new tactics incorporating autonomous fighter jets. The Naval Air ...
An F-35 Lightning II is shown operating alongside Collaborative Combat Aircraft in a conceptual graphic illustrating their integration. (U.S. Navy graphic) Navy pilots have successfully completed ...
He received his master’s in business administration in aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach in ...
The B-52H has flown for over six decades because no aircraft matches its payload, range, and flexibility. Most Cold War-era platforms survived by adapting to new missions rather than becoming obsolete ...
The US military has moved a large number of special-operations aircraft, troops and equipment into the Caribbean as President Trump openly considers military action to oust Venezuelan dictator Nicolas ...