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The Bell 333, the first helicopter to fly faster than 200 kts

Bell 333 It is the Bell UH-1 Iroquois, commonly known as the Huey, that has emerged as the most widely produced light utility helicopter in...

SR-71 pilot fly his Huey helicopter in exchange for a close look at the then top-secret Blackbird

One of the best USAF pilots The Lockheed A-12 and YF-12A aircraft served as the basis for the development of the SR-71, also referred to...

Atomic Stuka: The Ju-87 night dive bombers for a suicide nuclear attack in 1945

Atomic Stuka: The suicide Ju-87 night dive bombers Nazi Germany's aspirations for atomic weapons development remain a subject of historical inquiry. Documentary evidence regarding the...

The DEFCON system

Those of us who are GenXrs clearly remember the film “War Games.” We will not rehash that film, but it led to an entire...

Adolf Galland’s last combat mission

Me 262 Vs. B-26 On its operational debut in 1944, the Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first jet-engined fighter aircraft, outperformed its Allied competitors...

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Why the Blackbird had to refuel right after takeoff (and it’s not because it leaked fuel)

KC-135Q A team of Lockheed personnel, led by Clarence "Kelly"...

Why Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers could disable Bismarck

Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers Vs Bismarck...

Why the “A-7 mafia” was so devoted to the iconic SLUF

The A-7 Corsair II It was in September 1965 that...

Former Navy pilot remembers 1960s solo and flight training.

T-34 Mentor and First Solo My Navy logbook is old...

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