MilitaryAVIATION WINGS
Why Cold War USAF Eagle drivers loved RCAF CF-18’s fake canopy
RCAF CF-18s feature several differences compared to standard F/A-18As,...
A-4 Scooter vs MiG-17 Fresco: America’s only Skyhawk air kill
The Navy’s F-4 and F-8 squadrons were the main...
A B-36 was so radioactive that it had to be parked away from other Peacemaker Bombers at Carswell AFB
When the ‘effects’ B-36D conducted the first test (the...
The SR-71 #955: the first Blackbird to use the ASARS to photograph Soviet Submarines
SR-71 #955 was a test bird destined to spend...
The A-7 missions during the Korean Tree Incident that nearly started a nuclear war
The catalyst for this event was a seemingly innocuous...
55th Wing RB-47 Co-pilot downed and captured by Soviets was buried in Arlington National Cemetery
On July 1, 1960, Col. Bruce Olmstead's RB-47B reconnaissance...
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The F-16 fighter that was modified to test the F-35’s supersonic inlet diverterless
The F-16 Block 30 fighter was equipped with a...
The story behind the Blackbird’s moniker, the “Lead Sled”
A few people nicknamed the SR-71 the "Lead Sled"...
The Battle of the Atlantic: How aircraft carriers changed the course of the war
The Battle of the Atlantic was a lengthy and...
B-25 Mitchell WWII medium bomber crashed into the Empire State Building
On Jul. 28, 1945, Lieutenant Colonel William F. Smith...