The Magic Engineering Behind Why Early Fighters Didn’t Shoot Their Own Propellers
Let’s dive into something that’s been bugging many for decades: how did old fighter aircraft shoot at the enemy without blasting their own propellers into…
One of the Principal Designers for the B-2 Spirit Got Himself Incarcerated At a Supermax Prison
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is an American heavy strategic bomber featuring low-observable stealth technology, allowing it to penetrate and attack undetected deep within enemy…
Northrop XP-79: The Flying Wing Designed to Ram Into Enemy Aircraft in Mid-Air
The Northrop XP-79 Flying Ram was a rocket- and jet-powered flying-wing fighter designed during the Second World War for the US Army Air Forces. The…
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Embarking on Project to Reconstruct WWII-Era Fairey Barracuda
The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum has launched a project to carry out a live rebuild over a period of 10 years of an…
A Boeing B-29 Superfortress Carrying An Atomic Bomb Once Crashed In California
On August 5, 1950, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by the US Air Force and carrying a Mark 4 nuclear bomb, crashed northeast of San…
Debris Field Found in Search for Missing US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II
Update – September 19, 2023: The crash site of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II that went missing over South Carolina on September 17, 2023…
Restricted Military Documents About F-117 Nighthawk Leaked on ‘War Thunder’ Forum
For the twelfth time in recent memory, military documents have been leaked to the public via the War Thunder forum – this time, regarding the…
The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Traded Ejection Seats for a Crew Escape Module
The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was a supersonic, medium-range, multi-role aircraft. Developed in the 1960s, it fulfilled a number of roles, including strategic bombing, reconnaissance…
North American B-25 Mitchell: The Most Produced American Medium Bomber of World War II
The North American B-25 Mitchell was an American twin-engine medium bomber that saw service throughout the Second World War. Flying in all theaters of the…
Victory Markings Were Used By Pilots To Show Wins Against the Enemy
It’s undeniable that aerial combat played a pivotal role in shaping the outcome of numerous battles during World War II. The skies were dominated by…
The Iraqi Air Force Buried Its MiG-25s In the Desert to Stop Them Being Destroyed By the US
There are some things you don’t expect to find hidden in the middle of the desert, and a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 is certainly one of them. The…
US Naval Aviators Once Complained That NASA Pilots Were Bullying Them
In 1976, the US Navy retired its fleet of Vought F-8 Crusaders. The aircraft had an illustrious career, with the greatest kill ratio of all…