Aircraft (Page 5)

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5 reasons the F-15 might be the best fighter of all time

By Blake Stilwell

The F-22 Raptor that shot down the Chinese spy balloon

By Miguel Ortiz

The Silent Eagle was the stealth version of the F-15 fighter jet

By Miguel Ortiz

Only one Navy aircraft has been designated Navy One to fly the President

By Miguel Ortiz

Why the Navy doesn’t use cool flying boats anymore

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time the US Army stole a Soviet helicopter for the CIA

Humans surrendered to a drone for the first time during Operation Desert Storm

By Blake Stilwell

How Northrup’s YF-17 ‘Cobra’ became the Navy/Marine Corps F/A-18

These 4 aircraft were the ancestors of the powerful SR-71 Blackbird

By Blake Stilwell

This is how the B-52 rained fire in Vietnam

By James Elphick

P-47 Thunderbolt versus P-51 Mustang: Which legend wins?

By Harold C. Hutchison

Top 10 fighters that changed aerial warfare forever

By Shannon Corbeil

The best military history books of 2022

By Bethaney Phillips

This helicopter is the predecessor of the stealth Black Hawk from the bin Laden raid

By Miguel Ortiz

The top aviation museums in America

By Jessica Evans

The Hurricane is the overlooked hero of the Battle of Britain

By Miguel Ortiz

The X-15 was an experimental Air Force rocket plane for the edge of space

Who would win in a fight between F-35 and cheaper Gripen?

By Harold C. Hutchison

This stealth technology was awesome right up to the point the helicopter program was canceled

By Orvelin Valle

These Navy Tigers played the MiGs in Top Gun

By Harold C. Hutchison

The 10 most popular fighter planes in service around the world

By Miguel Ortiz

Bell Textron won the Army contract to replace the Black Hawk helicopter

By Miguel Ortiz

The first-ever mid-air refueling happened in 1923 between biplanes

Watch the F-22 take on multiple F-15s and dominate them

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is one of the greatest aviation power moves in military history

By Eric Milzarski

The Air Force unveiled its secretive new stealth bomber: the B-21 Raider

By Miguel Ortiz

Why dive bombing is way more dangerous than you ever realized

The military is the reason for the Boeing 747’s iconic hump

By Miguel Ortiz

This is who would win an air battle between India and China

By Harold C. Hutchison

The Air Force really wants this game-changing plane design

The 7 best transport planes in US military history

By Ward Carroll

These were the helicopters of World War II

Why the KF-21 fighter jet could be a game changer in Asia

This Air Force Superfortress completed the first nonstop flight around the world

By Miguel Ortiz

Flying Boats used to be critical to the Navy; Now, not so much

By Jessica Evans

This is how American pilots used drop tanks as bombs during WWII

Ukraine is getting the deadly MQ-9 Reaper UAV to fight Russia

By Miguel Ortiz

This Arizona aircraft boneyard is not always the last stop for old planes

This is the Army’s super secret special ops aviation unit

That time an engineer accidentally took off in a supersonic fighter jet

By Miguel Ortiz

WATCH: 7 videos of A-10s thoroughly messing up the enemy

MIGHTY 25: Fighter Pilot Lt. Amanda Lee is flying through barriers

By Jessica Manfre

Could the SR-71 Blackbird have been a fighter plane?

By Harold C. Hutchison

Watch what happens when aircraft are almost hit by their own bombs

By Harold C. Hutchison

These WWII bombers were converted into gunships

By Miguel Ortiz

How excessive shopping caused a plane crash that killed 16 Soviet admirals and generals

By Miguel Ortiz

Watch rare footage of a Kamikaze attack caught on film

By Tim Kirkpatrick

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

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is the iconic European fighter that can operate anywhere

How the aerial bombing of Guernica changed the landscape of warfare forever

By Matthew Benedetti

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

This what you get when you cross a Winnebago with a military helicopter

By Miguel Ortiz

6 secrets you didn’t know about the making of Top Gun

By Miguel Ortiz

The Chinook could have been a search and rescue legend

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why this rotor wing component is unofficially named after Jesus

The longest dogfight in history took place over two hours in the Middle East

Switzerland just bought the F-35 fifth generation fighter

By Miguel Ortiz

Afghan Air Force aircraft escaped the Taliban and the US is getting them back

This badass pilot is the first female F-35 pilot in the Air Guard

By Miguel Ortiz

5 fastest military aircraft in service today

By Blake Stilwell

This historic battle inspired the final dogfight in the original ‘Top Gun’

By Miguel Ortiz

This is the most decorated pilot in the history of the Royal Navy

The 4 fighter jets flown by the Taiwanese Air Force

By Miguel Ortiz

The 8 demonstration aircraft flown by the legendary Blue Angels

By Miguel Ortiz