This Medal of Honor recipient became an ace pilot in a day
Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...
10 U.S. Fighter Jets That Never Took To The Skies
Not every experimental jet fighter made by the U.S. military would go on to reach production, for any number of reasons.
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A Nuclear-Powered Flying Aircraft Carrier? The U.S. Military Designed One
Flying aircraft carriers were not just the dreams of the writers of Doctor Who and Marvel’s The Avengers. They were a real ...
High-Performance: A Look At The Piper Aerostar
T he Piper Aerostar (also known as the Piper PA-60) is one of the most iconic high-performance twin-engine aircraft ever ...
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Airbus teams up uncrewed aircraft Primoco UAV to fly joint surveillance missions
Airbus conducted the demonstration at the Czech airport of Písek-Krašovice together with Primoco, a leading manufacturer of medium-sized UAVs. In one scenario, operators at the Airbus ground ...
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52 Years After a US Spy Plane Was Shot Down over Laos, a Family Still Fights for Answers: Did the Crew All Perish or Were Half of Them Left Behind?
The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.
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India’s Troubled Jet Trainer Gets Facelift, New Name
BENGALURU, India—India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has rebranded its troubled HJT-36 intermediate jet trainer after ...
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Viper Shield Has First Flight on F-16 at Edwards AFB
Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare suite recently had its first flight on a Royal Bahraini Air Force Block 70 F-16C assigned to the U.S. Air Force’s […] ...
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Thunder in the Heavens: A Brief History of the Aircraft of the USAF Thunderbirds
Entertaining crowds since 1953, the United States Air Force Thunderbirds are one of the world’s best known aerial demonstrations teams, dazzling ...
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L3Harris’s Viper Shield EW suite completes first flight
L3Harris Technologies' Viper Shield electronic warfare suite has completed its first flight aboard a USAF single seat Block ...
Decorated pilot Harry Stewart, Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100
Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, has died. The World War II veteran was 100 ...
Video Game Exec Pleads Guilty to Crashing Drone Into Firefighting Plane During LA Wildfires
On January 9, as wildfires raged across California, Akemann drove to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. He went to the top floor of a parking lot there and launched a DJI Mini 3 ...