The F4F Wildcat At the start of the Second World War the British Royal Navy was desperately in need of… Read More
The F-104 was not the only fighter aircraft to have a high accident rate during the Cold War. The first… Read More
The 77 Squadron Halifax II (KN-D, JB837) piloted by Sgt R. Lewis was attacked by a night fighter at 17,000ft,… Read More
The B-17 Flying Fortress The B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most famous airplanes ever built. The B-17 prototype… Read More
The gun turret operators among the prisoners said that there was no way they could rotate their turrets fast enough… Read More
Captain Sam “Slammer” Richardson forced the MiG-29 pilot to call “Knock it off.” Afterwards, he said the Fulcrum pilot could… Read More
As the Do 17 broke up its bombs fell, unarmed, over London. Two 50 kilo bombs fell in the grounds… Read More
Although the raid caused heavy damage at both factories, 60 of the 376 bombers—about 1 in 6 of those dispatched—were… Read More
The Dornier Do 217 became the first aircraft in military aviation history to deploy a precision-guided bomb in combat in… Read More
‘German fighters could be seen coming up from the ground and I have never seen so many at one time,’… Read More
The Bf 109 that first attacked him was turning to get on the G.1’s tail but 1e Luitenant Gerben Sonderman… Read More
The Lippisch P.13a never made it past the drawing board, but testing of wind-tunnel models in the DVL high-speed wind… Read More
The YB-40 could carry nearly triple the amount of ammunition - 11,200 rounds as compared to 3,900 rounds carried on… Read More
The B-29 was primarily used in the Pacific theater during World War II but how would it have fared in… Read More
“The European nations involved in planning the next FCAS systems won’t be able to get the best out of them,… Read More
The RAF learned that the Ar 196 could be a surprisingly dangerous opponent if flown by an able pilot. Beating… Read More
In April the German government approved the buy of 30 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet multirole and 15 EA-18G Growler electronic… Read More
