The fastest and the highest known flights ever recorded by the Lockheed Blackbird family

Which member of the Blackbird family was the fastest,...

The NASA F-8 Crusader Oblique Wing Test Aircraft that never was

Fortunately, the program was dropped before it got to...

The U-2 decompression sickness cases increased after the end of the Cold War

The U-2 cruises at 70,000 feet, or at least...

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Neil Armstrong’s X-15 test flight that bounced off the atmosphere

Neil Armstrong inadvertently pulled too high an angle of...

The NASA F-8 Crusader Oblique Wing Test Aircraft that never was

Fortunately, the program was dropped before it got to...

The F-106 “supercruised” before the F-22

“The 106’s speed and range gave us the ability...

Clarence “Kelly” Johnson described the first flight of the top secret A-12 Oxcart as “horrible to watch.”

Upon returning to the runway, it was discovered that some of the A-12’s equipment was installed backward. On April 26, 1962, the classified A-12 “Oxcart”...

The first time the Blackbird was shot at by a missile

“Turning inbound on our first sensor run, I noticed...

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A video celebrates the 80th anniversary of MiG

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WILL TAIWAN BUY F-15 OR F/A-18 FIGHTERS TO BOOST ITS DEFENSE CAPABILITIES?

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The B-52 Strategic Bomber made the shortest runway landing at Duxford.

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The U-2 decompression sickness cases increased after the end of the Cold War

The U-2 cruises at 70,000 feet, or at least...

Why Deuce drivers always wore oxygen masks during takeoffs and landings

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U.S. Navy F-4 shot down by a U.S. Navy F-4 (flown by a USAF exchange pilot)

“At first I thought we had had a mid...

The anti-tank UH-1: the Huey armed with BGM-71 TOW guided missiles

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THAT TIME FOUR BRITISH AIRWAYS CONCORDE SUPERSONIC AIRLINERS FLEW IN FORMATION ON CHRISTMAS EVE

This was the most Concorde ever photographed together until...

All the info you need to apply to fly the SR-71 Blackbird

“I came away with one observation—the more recommendations an...

Supersonic DC-8, i.e. the Concorde wasn’t the first Airliner to Break the Sound Barrier

Chuck Yeager, the first person to ever go supersonic...

Red Arrows Leader remembers the moment he ejected after a crash landing in a Harrier

“The 10 year challenge? 14 May ’09 pivotal moment...