America’s highest-scoring ace once killed a crocodile with his fighter plane
Major Richard Ira Bong is also known as the Ace of Aces for his claim to fame as America’s highest-scoring flying ace. He is credited with 40 confirmed aerial kills…
The Navy’s insane vertical take-off fighters of the 1950s
Nearly two decades before the Harrier jump jet would prove the efficacy of vertical take-off and landing platforms, the U.S. Navy considered taking another approach to fielding fighters without a…
MiG-28: ‘Top Gun’s’ fictional Cold War killer
With the long-awaited “Top Gun” sequel now delayed until the world is finished contending with the coronavirus, we’re left with no alternative but to revisit the 1986 classic for the…
Why Israel’s plan to get the F-22 probably won’t fly
On Saturday, the Times of Israel reported that President Donald Trump had approved the sale of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors, America’s most capable air superiority fighter, to Israel. According to…
Elon Musk says the US’s F-35 stealth jet ‘would have no chance’ against a ‘drone fighter plane’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II, the costly stealth jet considered to be pinnacle of US military aviation, “would have no chance” if pitted against a drone that is remotely piloted by a human.
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