The McDonnell F2H Banshee is a single-seat carrier-based jet fighter, designed and produced by McDonnell Aircraft. Originating from American design, it served as an early jet fighter for… Read More

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II – October 2, 2018 by Liza Mundy Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colle… Read More

The English Electric Canberra, a groundbreaking high-altitude bomber developed by English Electric Company during the post-WWII era, left an indelible mark on aviation history. This twin… Read More

The B-52 Stratofortress, colloquially known as the “BUFF” (Big Ugly Fat Fella), is one of the most iconic aircraft in the history of aviation, a symbol of the U.S.’s long-r… Read More

The Ryan Firebee Remote Control Vehicle, first developed in the 1950s, is an incredibly versatile unmanned drone mainly used as weapon targets or for surveillance. Widely regarded as a trail… Read More

One constant theme of aviation manufacture is that of an aircraft being employed in roles not intended in the original design, and the Douglas B-66 Destroyer is a prime example of this pheno… Read More

Four thousand Airmen and 80 aircraft participated in a one-of-a-kind elephant walk April 7, 2023, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Technical training students from the 82nd Training Wing j… Read More

The use of aerial drones for combat purposes has a lengthy history, but the story is also ongoing as the development of unmanned combat aircraft/drones is still in its relative infancy. The… Read More

Falcon 4.0 Free Download PC Game Falcon 4.0 Download Pc Game can simulates combat flying was created by MicroProse and released by Hasbro Interactive in 1998. The F-16 Fighting Falcon jet f… Read More

For a large part of the Cold War, the Lim-5 and Lim-6 series served as the flagship fighter aircraft of the Polish military. Based on the Soviet MiG-17, the Lim planes would have a rocky dev… Read More

The Convair XC-99 began life as an experimental transport aircraft and is perhaps one of the most unique designs of a larger plane by using the pusher formation. Designed in the late 1940s a… Read More

Lockheed YF-12 / nasa.gov We, humans, we just love to go fast. It’s something we’ve tried since the invention of the engine. Fastest cars, fastest motorcycles, fastest yachts, yo… Read More

The McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo was a proposed long-range strike fighter and bomber escort that was entered into the Penetration Fighter Competition held by the United States Air Force (USAF) in… Read More

Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age by Rod Pyle  We’re on the cusp of new era in the great adventure o… Read More

The Northrop YF-23 was unofficially named the Black Widow II for the stealth configurations it employed in its contest against the Lockheed YF-22A, in an epic battle of engineering prowess t… Read More

When people think of superheroes, they often think of flashy outfits, superpowers, and alien weapons. Most of the superheroes from TV and film are like this. In fact, if you’re a fan o… Read More

When people think of superheroes, they often think of flashy outfits, superpowers, and alien weapons. Most of the superheroes from TV and film are like this. In fact, if you’re a fan o… Read More

FreightWaves Classics is sponsored by Sutton Transport, an LTL leader in the Midwest for more than 40 years. Sutton Transport proudly services Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. Re… Read More

Close-up of the deadly 30mm gun of a snarling USAF A-10 Warthog.The A-10 Thunderbolt II is nowadays the only U.S. Air Force aircraft designed for close air support of ground forces. First fl… Read More

USAF T-38 Talon trainer aircraft perform a break maneuver during a photo shoot with our contributor George Karavantos.For 40 years now, ENJJPT has taken over the training of all the NATO mem… Read More

Chuck Yeager was the first human to officially break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, and many of these Chuck Yeager quotes are about doing so in the X-1. He is arguably one of the… Read More

Four F-35A Lightning IIs, assigned to USAF 63rd Fighter Squadron, fly in formation and Beast Mode configuration during a training sortie over Arizona.The 63rd Fighter Squadron recently imple… Read More

An A-10C Thunderbolt II sits on the runway after making an emergency landing April 7, 2020 at Moody AFB.A US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II assigned to the 75th Fighter Squadron made an emer… Read More

USAF finalizes A-10 Life Extension Program.Workers at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill Air Force Base have installed the last of 173 new wings on A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, finaliz… Read More

Civil Engineers and aircraft maintenance personnel untangle and remove sunshades after they collapsed on F-16 Fighting Falcons during a storm that caused 91-mile per hour winds at the 407th… Read More

The B-58 Hustler was a supersonic, four-engined, strategic bomber which was used by the United States Air Force during the Cold War. It was designed and manufactured by the American firm Con… Read More

This year the 41st edition of the International Sanicole Airshow took place on 13 and 15 September 2019. The air show is traditionally held at Leopoldsburg airport in the north of Belgium. I… Read More