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4 things that made the F-16 Fighting Falcon years ahead of its time

By Ward Carroll

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How a Montana businessman built a Cobra attack helicopter from spare parts

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The tiny Cold War helicopter the Marines almost took into combat

By Daniel Tobias Flint

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle, assigned to the 104th Fighter Wing, takes off June 3, 2022, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. The 104FW is trained to provide around-the-clock Aerospace Control Alert, providing armed F-15 fighters ready to scramble in a moment’s notice to protect the northeast United States from any airborne threat. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Hanna Smith)

The time an F-15 set off an earthquake panic

By Miguel Ortiz

The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill against an Iraqi helicopter

The ‘Chopper Popper’ scored the A-10’s first air-to-air kill against an Iraqi helicopter

By Blake Stilwell

An artist's rendering of Shield AI's X-BAT drone by Shield AI

This AI-powered fighter jet doesn’t need a pilot… or a runway

By Miguel Ortiz

A-10 Pilot's Coloring Book

The A-10 training guide from the 1970s was a hilarious coloring book

By Blake Stilwell

A prototype XC-142A making a vertical takeoff.

The powerful tilt-wing XC-142A was your granddaddy’s Osprey

By Friedrich Seiltgen

The u-hawk autonomous drone helicopter by lockheed.

Sikorsky’s new autonomous unmanned Black Hawk helicopter is here

By Miguel Ortiz

F-111s at Red Flag

Why Australia buried all of its old F-111 Aardvark tactical aircraft

By Blake Stilwell

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New Army contract will turn Black Hawk helicopters into drone-launching motherships

By Miguel Ortiz

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Why the SR-71 Blackbird is the only aircraft with the SR designation

By Blake Stilwell

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A pilot survived a Mach 3 ejection from the edge of space by not ejecting at all

By Friedrich Seiltgen

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The Gee Bee Racers of the early 1930s created winners and widows

By Friedrich Seiltgen

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The world’s first jump jet: How we got the legendary Harrier II

By Friedrich Seiltgen

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Why Saddam Hussein buried Iraq’s air force in the desert

By Blake Stilwell

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The Navy is spending $1.1 billion on the most successful air-to-air missile in the world

By Miguel Ortiz

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If the F-47 is named after Trump, here are the namesakes of America’s other fighter jets

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How fighter jets can ‘headbutt’ enemy planes

the B-2 longest bombing mission

Midnight Hammer was the second-longest bombing mission: The B-2 also flew the longest

By Miguel Ortiz