Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

The aircraft would be modified after the conflict as the Gloster Meteor F.4, which would become the first jet aircraft to be ...

Beverly Pack 25-1 tested the Wolf Pack’s ability to deploy Airmen, equipment, and aircraft to a simulated forward operating ...

The Lockheed L-133 Starjet was a prime example of a paradoxical “successful failure.” As I asserted in a recent article for The National Interest, of all the great geniuses in the history of military ...

The Hellcat was a crucial asset in the Pacific Theater, accounting for 75% of the U.S. Navy ... during the war. It claimed the title of the most extensively used American fighter aircraft ...

Although you might know GM better for its line of trucks, it has a long history of providing the U.S. with essential military ...

j.g. John Koelsch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a rescue helicopter pilot during the Korean War ... Naval Air Station Miramar, California, and from there to the ...

An F-35A fighter jet was refueled and loaded with four missiles simultaneously while keeping its engine running during a test.

The United States Navy Blue Angels Aerobatic Flight Demonstration Team has been thrilling audiences since 1946, pushing the fighter aircraft they fly to the limits of machine and man. In the ...

Below Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu offers a military situation report about the war in Ukraine. Executive Summary ...

Meanwhile, other legacy military aircraft have employed similar turnaround procedures. In this photo provided on February 4, 2025, United States airmen refuel an F-35A fighter aircraft and load ...

A fighter pilot who most recently served as executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS ... lessons learned from the war in Ukraine. Mount Whitney is the Navy’s fourth-oldest commissioned ...