The United States Air Force Explains The Statement “No”
You may know it as a fighter, but at one point, the Air Force thought about changing it so it could drop bombs. The FB-22 was supposed to be a…
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You may know it as a fighter, but at one point, the Air Force thought about changing it so it could drop bombs. The FB-22 was supposed to be a…
The Horten Ho 229 is sometimes cited as one of the earliest examples of a "stealth aircraft" because its flying-wing design would have made it harder to detect by radar.…
Each Walrus-class submarine may carry up to twenty torpedoes, forty mines, and one UGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missile in its four 21-inch (533mm) torpedo tubes. Walrus-Class Submarine. Image Credit: Creative Commons.…
The Phantom's nearly fifty-year U.S. active-duty service ended in 1996, and the jet survives. Greece uses them. U.S. military airframes were the most flexible. Image Credit: Creative Commons. The Phantom—an…
Film and aviation fans choose Final Countdown over Top Gun. An F-14 Tomcat fighter jet takes off from the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the Gulf April 2, 2003.…
YF-17 fit. The Navy increased the plane's size. The Northrop Aviation YF-17 technology demonstrator aircraft in flight during a 1976 flight research program at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,…
Before their 1953 withdrawal, 282 P-82s and F-82s were built, compared to roughly 15,000 P-51s (the same year the Korean Armistice was signed). F-82 Twin Mustang. Image Credit: Creative Commons.…
The Atomic Cannon, often known as Atomic Annie, was fired only once. Its official name was the M65 280mm Motorized Heavy Gun. M65 Nuclear Weapon. Image Credit: US Military. Aircraft,…
The B-2 has a rich heritage of service to the United States military. Historically, a husband-and-wife team both flew B-2s. A U.S. Air Force 509th Bomb Wing B-2 Spirit refuels…
A pilot saw a potential issue in landing an F-14 Tomcat. He was glad he had prepared for something that had never happened before. An F-14 Tomcat aircraft makes an…