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How the P-51 Mustang almost became the A-10

By Harold C. Hutchison

How airline pilot and Vietnam War hero Carl Gamble saved his passengers from a hijacker

Korean War vet and Gemini and Apollo astronaut James McDivitt dies at 93

By Miguel Ortiz

The complete guide to Air Force ranks

By Jessica Evans

The complete guide to Air Force bases

By Jessica Evans

These are the Air Force swords that look like they belong in a video game

By Eric Milzarski

32 terms only airmen will understand

America’s first fighter plane blinded pilots and lost its wings

The Air Force’s first Chief of Staff snuck to the front of World War I to kill 3 Germans

The time the Air Force accidentally launched a rocket at a Chicago school

By Miguel Ortiz

This Air Force base is the only one named after a sailor

By Miguel Ortiz

The complete base guide to Edwards Air Force Base

By Jessica Evans

The complete base guide to Barksdale Air Force Base

By Jessica Evans

The first British air raid on Berlin was perfectly timed

The US Air Force is a partner on the new Boom supersonic commercial jet

By Miguel Ortiz

This Air Force Honor Guard traveled a record-breaking 1 million miles in 2021

By Miguel Ortiz

The 18 greatest fighter aircraft of all time

By Ward Carroll

How the legendary U-2 spy plane landed on an aircraft carrier

This is why Lt. Col. Lee Archer is one of the most famous pilots in history

The explosive way B-52 bombers can be ready to fly in 10 minutes

This is the deadliest airplane ever, period, end of discussion

By Orvelin Valle

The complete Offutt Air Force Base guide

By Jessica Evans

This is why most military aircraft have ashtrays

By Eric Milzarski

This artist flies with the Air Force to capture its modern history in paint

By Miguel Ortiz

An Air Force pilot used a commercial GPS system during the Iraq War

The first man killed in the Vietnam War was murdered by a fellow airman

By Blake Stilwell

Everything you need to know about the Air Force’s navy

By Blake Stilwell

Why the F-117 Nighthawk had such a relatively short service life

‘The Swoose’ is the oldest intact B-17 Flying Fortress

By Miguel Ortiz

This WWII fighter pilot ‘piggy-backed’ his wingman home after he was shot down

By James Elphick

The awesome reason some Air Force fighters have green stars

Watch one of the baddest A-10 pilots ever land after being hit by a missile

By Orvelin Valle

Check out the Air Force’s old dress white uniform

By Blake Stilwell

4 times enlisted troops stole planes from the flightline

By Blake Stilwell

This is the story of the last AC-130 lost in combat

The SR-71 Blackbird was almost the most versatile fighter plane ever

By Blake Stilwell

This was the Air Force’s super fighter that never flew

The F-22 Raptor almost had a stealth bomber sibling

By Miguel Ortiz

The namesake of Tinker Air Force Base was a total badass

The unknown story of Air Force Medal of Honor recipient Richard L. Etchberger

This was the Air Force’s plan to turn a Boeing 747 into an airborne aircraft carrier

This American bomber-killing missile had a nuclear punch

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time the Air Force landed bombers on tank treads

Why the F-105 wasn’t as effective in Vietnam as it should have been

5 things you didn’t know about Air Force One

By Tim Kirkpatrick

8 of the Air Force’s greatest fighters throughout history

American airmen were rescued by cannibal headhunters during World War II

How Jimmy Doolittle nearly revealed the biggest American secret of WWII

By Harold C. Hutchison

The Air Force’s first new jet trainer in 60 years pays tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen

By Miguel Ortiz

Heres what its like inside a giant C-17 cargo plane at JB Charleston

By Jessica Evans

Watch the F-35 score its first air-to-air kills

By Miguel Ortiz

WATCH: Billy Mitchell proves planes could sink battleships

By Harold C. Hutchison

11 amazing facts about aircraft ejection seats

By Blake Stilwell

The E-8 JSTARS might be the most powerful plane in the Air Force fleet

By Miguel Ortiz

New uniform rules allow airmen to have their hands in their pockets and more

This PJ is the most decorated enlisted airman in history

By Blake Stilwell

This is why the US never exported the deadly F-22

By Blake Stilwell

6 planes the Air Force should bring back

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why the US has a base 695 miles north of the Arctic Circle

By Eric Milzarski

These 8 fighters served decades beyond “retirement” as drones

By Harold C. Hutchison

6 of the ugliest planes that ever flew after World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time an Air Force pilot saved a United Airlines flight

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s what it’s like dodging six missiles in an F-16

By Paul Szoldra

These are the Air Force medics trained for special ops

By Harold C. Hutchison