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Northrop has created six B-21 prototypes or is currently working on them, with the first two sets to conduct ground tests and fly for the first time in 2019. B-21…
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Northrop has created six B-21 prototypes or is currently working on them, with the first two sets to conduct ground tests and fly for the first time in 2019. B-21…
The House has voted against retiring the F-22 Raptor for now, but 21 A-10 Warthogs will be retired from service in 2019. A-10 Warthog. Image: Creative Commons. Efforts by the…
On January 1, 1970, the remaining B-58 was officially retired. Only eight of the original 116 B-58s are still flying. B-58 Hustler. Image Credit: US Air Force. The United States…
Beretta guns are considered some of the best in the world, which is why the US military has used them many times. Image of the previous model, the Beretta M9A3.…
Between 1981 and 1990, 59 were constructed. In 2008, the F-117 was officially decommissioned by the United States Air Force to make room in the budget for the F-22, the…
The XB-70A was supposed to have speeds up to Mach 3.1 (2,056 miles per hour, or 3,309 kilometers per hour). XB-70: Artist Rendering. Strategic bomber XB-70A Valkyrie can penetrate deep…
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…