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    • Relic Hunters Surprised By What They Discovered In WWII-Era ‘Swamp Ghost’ Bomber

      February 20, 2025

    • US Marine Corps Aviator William Rankin Survived a Fall from a Thunder Cloud

      February 19, 2025

    • A ‘Spooky’ Aircraft Known as Puff, the Magic Dragon – The Story of the Douglas AC-47

      February 18, 2025

    • Bell D-188A: The US Military’s Early Attempt at Developing a VTOL Aircraft

      December 09, 2024

    • The B-29 Superfortress ‘Kee Bird’ Was Frozen in Time for 47 Years – It Was Almost Rescued

      November 21, 2024

    • Boeing E-4: The Cold War-Era ‘Doomsday Plane’ the US Air Force is Looking to Replace

      November 18, 2024

    • C-5 Galaxy vs C-17 Globemaster III: What’s the Difference Between These Cargo Aircraft?

      October 07, 2024

    • The Kamov Ka-50 ‘Black Shark’ Was Battle-Tested in the Harsh Conditions of the Second Chechen War

      September 30, 2024

    • Northrop YF-23: The Diamond-Winged Fighter That Couldn’t Out-Perform Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor

      September 23, 2024

    • Is the Shenyang FC-31 China’s Answer to the US Air Force’s F-35 Lightning II?

      September 16, 2024

    • Bell AH-1Z Viper: The US Marine Corps’ Secret (and Powerful) Weapon in the Sky

      September 09, 2024

    • The B-29 Superfortress ‘Enola Gay’ Forever Changed Warfare When It Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

      September 03, 2024

    • The Most Iconic Cargo Aircraft in Military History

      July 15, 2024

    • The 309th Maintenance and Regeneration Group Manages the Largest Aircraft Boneyard in the World

      July 12, 2024

    • The A-10 Warthog Was Built to Last – And These Facts Prove It

      June 26, 2024

    • Northrop F-5: The Supersonic Lightweight Fighter That Was More Beloved By American Allies Than the US Air Force

      June 20, 2024

    • Two Dead Following Crash Involving World War II-Era Aircraft in California

      June 17, 2024

    • Boeing Delivers First Operational F-15EX Eagle II to Oregon Air National Guard

      June 11, 2024

    • Ukraine Claims Destruction of Sukhoi Su-57 Deep Within Russian Territory

      June 10, 2024

    • Did You Know the MiG-28 Fighters in ‘Top Gun’ Don’t Actually Exist?

      May 29, 2024

    • Royal Air Force Pilot Loses Life After Supermarine Spitfire Crashes Near RAF Coningsby

      May 27, 2024

    • Mil Mi-28 Havoc: The Soviet-Era Attack Helicopter That Didn’t Enter Service Until 2009

      May 25, 2024

    • Little-Know Facts About the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird – One Disintegrated Mid-Flight!

      May 22, 2024

    • These Are the Most Famous Military Aircraft Developed By Boeing

      May 14, 2024

    • Pacific Wrecks Team Locates What They Believe to Be Richard Bong’s Missing P-38 ‘Marge’

      May 06, 2024

    • US Air Force Orders New $13 Billion ‘Doomsday Plane’

      May 06, 2024

    • The Soviet MiG-17 ‘Fresco’ Gave the North Vietnamese An Edge Against American Aircraft

      April 26, 2024

    • Jimmy Buffett Anonymously Donated Two WWII-Era Aircraft to a Museum Before His Death

      April 23, 2024

    • Forward-Swept Wings Gave the Sukhoi Su-47 ‘Berkut’ a Unique Appearance

      April 17, 2024

    • Retired ‘Lancelot’ B-1B Lancer Being Returned to Active Service

      April 09, 2024

    • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23: The Most-Produced Variable-Sweep Wing Aircraft in History

      April 04, 2024

    • Northrop Grumman RQ-180: The US Air Force’s ISR Aircraft That’s Shrouded In Secrecy

      April 01, 2024

    • A Man Bought All the Excess B-2 Spirit Windshields and Used Them to Build His Daughter a Treehouse

      March 26, 2024

    • Sukhoi Su-30: The Russian Air Superiority Fighter That Rivals the American F-15E Strike Eagle

      March 13, 2024

    • The B-17 Flying Fortress Saw Use As An Airliner?! 12 Facts About the Iconic American Heavy Bomber

      March 08, 2024

    • Wreckage of WWII-Era Douglas SBD Dauntless Discovered In Pacific 80 Years After It Went Missing

      March 05, 2024

    • The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Scared the West – Until a Defector Exposed Its Secrets

      January 30, 2024

    • Tupolev Tu-95: The Soviet-Era Bomber That Could See Nearly 100 Years of Active Service

      January 15, 2024

    • Sukhoi Su-35: The Russian Multirole Fighter That Screams Aerial Dominance

      January 11, 2024

    • A US Air Force Stealth Bomber Was Once Caught Mid-Flight On Google Maps

      January 04, 2024

    • X-32: Boeing’s Jet Fighter Prototype Lost Out to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

      December 26, 2023

    • North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco: The Vietnam-Era Light-Attack Aircraft That’s Looking to Make a Comeback

      December 25, 2023

    • Bell P-63 Kingcobra: The American Fighter-Turned-Soviet Tank Buster

      December 14, 2023

    • World War II-Era Mystery Solved 80 Years After Aircraft, Pilot Went Missing Over Italy

      December 10, 2023

    • SR-72: Lockheed Martin’s Proposed Hypersonic Successor to the SR-71 Blackbird

      November 21, 2023

    • Video Shows Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider Taking First Flight

      November 13, 2023

    • The Magic Engineering Behind Why Early Fighters Didn’t Shoot Their Own Propellers

      October 20, 2023

    • One of the Principal Designers for the B-2 Spirit Got Himself Incarcerated At a Supermax Prison

      October 17, 2023

    • Northrop XP-79: The Flying Wing Designed to Ram Into Enemy Aircraft in Mid-Air

      October 11, 2023

    • Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Embarking on Project to Reconstruct WWII-Era Fairey Barracuda

      October 05, 2023

    • A Boeing B-29 Superfortress Carrying An Atomic Bomb Once Crashed In California

      September 29, 2023

    • Debris Field Found in Search for Missing US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II

      September 18, 2023

    • Restricted Military Documents About F-117 Nighthawk Leaked on ‘War Thunder’ Forum

      September 14, 2023

    • The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark Traded Ejection Seats for a Crew Escape Module

      September 13, 2023

    • North American B-25 Mitchell: The Most Produced American Medium Bomber of World War II

      August 29, 2023

    • Victory Markings Were Used By Pilots To Show Wins Against the Enemy

      August 11, 2023

    • The Iraqi Air Force Buried Its MiG-25s In the Desert to Stop Them Being Destroyed By the US

      August 06, 2023

    • US Naval Aviators Once Complained That NASA Pilots Were Bullying Them

      August 04, 2023

    • Downed Nakajima B5N2 Torpedo Bomber Off the Coast of Papua New Guinea

      August 02, 2023

    • Pilots Were Meant to Fly the Gloster Meteor F8 WK935 While Lying Down

      August 02, 2023

    • A B-52H Stratofortress Once Flew for Five Hours – Without a Tail!

      July 26, 2023

    • Hughes XF-11: The Aircraft That Almost Took Out Its Creator

      July 26, 2023

    • Martin B-26 Marauder: The Accident-Prone Medium Bomber That Went On to Become One of the Most Successful of WWII

      July 19, 2023

    • Fairey Swordfish: The Outdated Biplane That Helped Sink the German Battleship Bismarck

      July 18, 2023

    • The Story Behind a Lockheed P-38G Lightning Wreck Off the Southern Coast of France

      July 12, 2023

    • World War II-Era Hawker Hurricanes Found Buried In Ukraine

      July 12, 2023

    • Forget CGI! A B-17 Was Actually Crashed During the Filming of ‘Twelve O’Clock High’

      July 07, 2023

    • The B-17 Tail Gunner Who Continued to Fight, Even After Being Shot Down

      July 05, 2023

    • Convair XFY Pogo: The Tail Sitter That Looked Like a Mallard Duck

      June 29, 2023

    • Northrop YB-49: The Flying Wing Strategic Bomber That Was Years Ahead of Its Time

      June 27, 2023

    • A WWII Bomber Pilot Flew a Cessna 172 for Over 64 Days As a Publicity Stunt

      June 22, 2023

    • Goodyear Once Developed An Inflatable Aircraft Known As The ‘Inflatoplane’

      June 20, 2023

    • US Navy Pilots Were Afraid to Fly the Vought F7U Cutlass

      June 20, 2023

    • How An F/A-18 Hornet Pilot and His Wingman Returned to Base After a Mid-Air Collision

      June 16, 2023

    • The Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress ‘Memphis Belle’ Flew 25 Combat Missions Over Europe

      June 13, 2023

    • The Northrop Tacit Blue Was Nicknamed the ‘Alien School Bus’ For Its Unusual Design

      June 13, 2023

    • The Most Impactful Military Vehicles of World War II

      June 12, 2023

    • The Most Beautiful Military Aircraft to Ever Roll Off the Production Line

      June 12, 2023

    • The Hughes H-4 Hercules Was An Absolute Mammoth Of An Aircraft

      June 09, 2023

    • The WWII-Era Disappearance of a Grumman J2F Duck Over Greenland

      June 07, 2023

    • Albert Hickman: The F3H Demon Pilot Who Refused to Eject and Saved the Lives of 700 Americans

      June 05, 2023

    • Naval Aviators Graffiti Jet Fighter After Pilot Lands On the Wrong Aircraft Carrier

      June 02, 2023

    • Dassault Rafale: The French ‘Burst of Fire’ That’s Seen Service Across the Middle East

      June 01, 2023

    • A Gloster Meteor Once Deflected A V-1 Flying Bomb With Its Wing

      May 30, 2023

    • Walter Holden Accidentally Took Off In a Fighter Jet – Despite Not Knowing How to Fly It

      May 26, 2023

    • Ryan FR-1 Fireball: The US Navy’s First Jet-Engine Fighter Was Also the Worst Aircraft of World War II

      May 24, 2023

    • Bell X-1: America’s Experimental Rocket-Powered Aircraft That First Broke the Sound Barrier

      May 15, 2023

    • Henschel Hs 129 :The Luftwaffe’s Soaring Tank Buster Armed With a 75 mm Cannon

      May 15, 2023

    • Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star: The Only US Jet Fighter to See Action In WWII – During Secret Operations In Italy

      May 10, 2023

    • No. 1426 Flight RAF Flew German Aircraft Decked Out In Royal Air Force Insignia

      May 09, 2023

    • Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse: The German Bomber Destroyer That Was No Match for Allied Fighters

      May 05, 2023

    • KAI T-50 Golden Eagle: The Supersonic Trainer That Took Out Rebels In the Philippines

      May 03, 2023

    • Mikoyan MiG-29K: The Russian Cold War-Era Fighter That Didn’t Enter Service Until 2010

      May 02, 2023

    • Saab J35 Draken: The Nordic Dragon That Accidentally Discovered the Cobra Maneuver

      May 01, 2023

    • Why Did a Test Pilot Wear a Gorilla Mask In Flight?

      April 28, 2023

    • The P-38F Lightning ‘Glacier Girl’ Was Buried Beneath The Ice For 50 Years

      April 25, 2023

    • de Havilland Mosquito: The Versatile Aircraft That Struck Fear Into the Germans

      April 20, 2023

    • Northrop Grumman X-47B: The US Navy’s Historic Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle

      April 12, 2023

    • Korean War Helicopters That Were Vital to Those Serving In the Conflict

      April 06, 2023

    • The McDonnell F3H Demon Was Doomed Before It Ever Entered Service

      April 03, 2023

    • Cessna A-37 Dragonfly: The Forgotten Legend of Vietnam

      March 31, 2023

    • The Vought F-8 Crusader was Nicknamed the ‘Last of the Gunfighters’

      March 27, 2023

    • The Republic F-84 Thunderjet Was the ‘Champ of the Fighter-Bombers’

      March 24, 2023

    • A B-2 Spirit Was the Victim of the Most Expensive Crash in US Air Force History – $1.4 Billion!

      March 13, 2023

    • Despite Being Prone to Crashing, the Loach Helicopter Was Favored By Pilots In Vietnam

      February 24, 2023

    • The Incredible Discovery of Cold War-Era Avro Arrows At the Bottom of Lake Ontario

      February 23, 2023

    • How Did An A-10 Warthog Wind Up With A Cow Kill Marking?

      February 22, 2023

    • The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech Was So Loud It Made Ground Crews Sick

      February 06, 2023

    • Pave Low: Converting Search and Rescue Helicopters for Use In Special Ops

      January 29, 2023

    • F16 vs F18: Comparing the F-16 & F-18 Top Speed, Firepower & Designs

      January 27, 2023

    • The US Air Force Panicked When Its Top-Secret Stealth Fighter Crashed Into the California Wilderness

      January 17, 2023

    • Blohm & Voss BV 141: The Asymmetrical German Aircraft That Shouldn’t Have Been Able to Fly – But Did

      January 08, 2023

    • Photos That Showcase the Durability of American Aircraft During World War II

      December 14, 2022

    • The V-280 Valor Will Replace the US Army’s Fleet of Black Hawk and Apache Helicopters

      December 12, 2022

    • US Air Force, Pentagon Unveil New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber

      December 05, 2022

    • These Helicopters First Took Flight During WW2

      November 24, 2022

    • US Air Force, Kratos Successfully Conduct Test Flight of XQ-58A Valkyrie

      November 14, 2022

    • Six Dead In Dallas Air Show Crash Involving Two WWII-Era Aircraft

      November 13, 2022

    • The Most Unusual Aircraft to Ever Take to the Skies

      November 03, 2022

    • Three Aircraft Defended Malta from the Entire Italian Air Force

      October 20, 2022

    • The Douglas SBD Dauntless Changed the Course of the Second World War In a Single Day

      October 11, 2022

    • The Most Dangerous Military Aircraft to Ever Take to the Skies

      September 30, 2022

    • Swiss Lawmakers Approve Controversial Purchase of F-35A Fighters

      September 19, 2022

    • Dream Chaser Spaceplane Could Transport US Military Troops to Space

      September 14, 2022

    • Macchi C.202 Folgore: The Italian Aircraft That Impressed the Allies

      September 14, 2022

    • FICON Project: When the US Air Force Practiced Hooking Smaller Aircraft Under Large Bombers

      September 06, 2022

    • The Douglas A-1 Skyraider: The Best Attack Plane Ever Made

      August 25, 2022

    • Northrop F-89 Scorpions Once Carried Nuclear Weapons to Combat Soviet Bombers

      August 16, 2022

    • The Remarkable North American P-82 Twin Mustang Was Two Aircraft In One

      August 16, 2022

    • North American X-15: The Fastest Manned Rocket Aircraft Ever Developed

      August 14, 2022

    • The Cessna O-1 Bird Dog Flew Missions in Korea and Vietnam

      August 12, 2022

    • The F-117 Nighthawk Had a Relatively Short Service Life with the US Air Force

      August 09, 2022

    • Korean War Epic ‘Devotion’ Features Authentic Aircraft from the Period

      August 05, 2022

    • US Air Force Deploys F-22 Raptors to Poland to Defend Eastern Flank of NATO

      July 29, 2022

    • Ukraine Doesn’t Want the US Air Force’s Aging A-10 Warthogs

      July 27, 2022

    • Convair B-58 Hustler: The First Operational Bomber to Reach Mach 2

      July 21, 2022

    • Ukraine is Flying Hind Helicopters Donated By the Czech Republic In its Fight with Russia

      July 21, 2022

    • Men Were Too Scared to Fly B-29 Superfortresses – Until Two Women Did

      July 15, 2022

    • The History of Drop Tanks: From Improvised Bombs to Vietnamese Canoes

      July 14, 2022

    • There Was Almost a Stealth Bomber Version of the F-22 Raptor

      June 29, 2022

    • Douglas A-4 Skyhawk: The US Military’s Beast in the Sky

      June 29, 2022

    • How the Sophisticated B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Stays Invisible

      June 27, 2022

    • The US Air Force Once Tried Landing Bombers On Tank Treads – It Didn’t End Well

      June 27, 2022

    • Highways Across the World Are Built for Warplanes to Land on Them

      June 22, 2022

    • Top Gun Planes: The Aircraft & Jets Used in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ (2022)

      June 16, 2022

    • Why Wasn’t the Second Antonov An-225 Finished?

      June 02, 2022

    • The Five Greatest Fighter Aircraft Ever Flown By the US Military

      June 01, 2022

    • Why the F-15 Eagle is the Best Fighter Aircraft of All Time

      May 31, 2022

    • Tom Cruise Created Intense Flight Training Program for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Co-Stars

      May 31, 2022

    • Junkers Ju 87Bs Utilized Psychological Warfare Against Allied Ground Troops

      May 25, 2022

    • Was Ball Turret Gunner the Worst Position to Hold During World War II?

      May 20, 2022

    • Here’s Why the Russian Sukhoi Su-27 Has Withstood the Test of Time

      May 19, 2022

    • The History of the US Navy’s TOPGUN School

      May 19, 2022

    • The Titanium Used to Construct the SR-71 Blackbird Came from the Soviet Union

      May 19, 2022

    • Close Air-to-Air Combat Made MiG Alley One of the Deadliest Places of the Korean War

      May 12, 2022

    • Lockheed AC-130: The Gunship That Provided Much-Needed Support in Vietnam

      May 10, 2022

    • A-12 Spy Plane: Why Lockheed’s CIA Spy Plane Only Flew 29 Missions

      May 09, 2022

    • Grumman F-14 Tomcat: The Versatile Fighter Made For Top Gun Pilots

      May 04, 2022

    • Wild Weasels Undertake the US Air Force’s Most Dangerous Missions

      March 17, 2022

    • Little-Known Facts About the F-35 Lightning II Helmet – It Costs More Than a Ferrari!

      March 10, 2022

    • The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ‘Sturmböcke’ Was Designed to Take On the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

      January 25, 2022

    • Weird Military Aircraft: de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle

      January 25, 2022

    • MD-160: The Aircraft-Ship Hybrid Known as the ‘Caspian Sea Monster’

      December 31, 2021

    • A ‘Spooky’ Aircraft Known as Puff, the Magic Dragon – The Story of the Douglas AC-47

      August 20, 2021

    • Dwight D. Eisenhower Lost a Bet to Bernard Montgomery and Had to Pony Up a B-17 Flying Fortress

      July 26, 2021

    • Lockheed YO-3 Quiet Star: The American Aircraft That Flew Over Vietnam’s Treetops Undetected

      July 15, 2021

    • Bell P-39 Airacobra: World War II’s Most Controversial Low-Altitude Fighter

      June 15, 2021

    • Avro Arrow: The Groundbreaking Jet Interceptor Canada Will Never Forget

      June 04, 2021

    • These Large Military Aircraft Make Us Wonder How They Ever Got Off the Ground

      June 03, 2021

    • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt: The Most Produced American Fighter of World War II

      February 12, 2019

    • Facts About the North American P-51 Mustang – The USAAF’s Most Versatile Fighter

      November 08, 2018

    • Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum: The Versatile Air Superiority Fighter That Could Launch Ground Attacks

      September 11, 2018

    • Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack: The Soviet-Era Supersonic Bomber That Broke 44 World Records

      February 05, 2017

    • Photos of Nature Reclaiming the Fiercest Weapons of War: Tanks and Aircraft

      August 16, 2016

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