Lancaster only specially formed wartime unit was No. 617 Squadron, used to attack the Ruhr Dams on the night of May 16/17, 1943
The Lancaster bomber holds a special place of affection mingled with a great deal of pride in the hearts of British and Commonwealth citizens — feelings which perhaps find their...
The two Su-34 fighter bombers were performing a training mission
The Russian Defense Ministry says that two Su-34 fighter bombers have collided in midair in the Far East on Jan. 18, 2019.
According to the Russian military the two Su-34 fighter bombers were performing a training mission when they...
Although his flying career was short, Capt Jerry Yellin witnessed more turmoil than any human being should ever have to witness
Capt Jerry Yellin, World War II fighter pilot, who flew the last combat mission in August 1945, was laid to rest with full military honors Jan. 15, at Arlington Cemetery, Virginia.
The team will sell rides on its twin-seat Super Hornet during airshows
As we have already explained, starting from 2022, the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels will be flying the F/A-18E during airshows. In August in fact, Boeing has received a $17 million contract to convert nine F/A-18Es and 2 F/A-18Fs into the Blue Angel configuration.
"This is the first time to my knowledge that an airplane scored a kill while carrying four 2,000-lb bombs, then continued on to hit its target,” Lieutenant Commander Mark Fox, VFA-81 F/A-18 Hornet Pilot
On Jan. 17, 1991 Lieutenant Commander Mark
Fox and Lieutenant Nick Mongillo launched with five other VFA-81 F/A-18 Hornets
as part...
Maybe it’s because of their massive size, but don’t you think that FREDs in these photos look like enormous snowmen?
Taken on Jan. 13, 2019 at Dover Air Force Base (AFB) the impressive pictures in this post feature 512th Airlift Wing (AW) C-5M Super Galaxy airlifters covered with snow.
Dozens of artists, model makers, die-cast companies, and custom decal printers issued innumerable renditions of Boyington's F4U. But Lulubelle was not the correct name.
In 1976, NBC launched a weekly action-adventure series called Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, loosely based on Greg Boyington's autobiography of the same name. The show lasted three seasons...
"As we approached Atlantic City, we finalized our fuel plan. I still needed to burn down gas in order to land slow enough to meet the maximum cable engagement speed of 150 knots," Capt. Matthew L. Guertin, F-22 Raptor pilot
The following article, titled A Typical Monday Morning and written by F-22 pilot...
VF-51 F-4 had one of the most flamboyant Phantom markings to go to sea- what rival squadrons called the "Supersonic Can Opener" was a bright eagle marking with tail feathers that splayed out on the rear fuselage
During Operation Linebacker over Vietnam in 1972, the two McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II squadrons...
9th Brigade at Wuhu has received its first two to four J-20 fighter aircraft
Exactly eight years and one day after its first flight, the first operational People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF, China Air Force) front line unit, 9th Brigade at Wuhu has received its first two to four J-20 fighter...
