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The F-111B Was Supposed to Be a US Navy Aircraft Carrier Fighter. It Exceeded 80,000 Pounds, Needed a Wingspan 7 Feet Wider Than the Air Force Version Just to Slow Down Enough to Land, and the Navy Walked Away in May 1968.
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (485+ words) McNamara ordered the Air Force and Navy to buy the same aircraft to save money. The two services needed opposite things, and the compromise could not land on a US Navy aircraft carrier. That's why the F-111B failed....
The US Air Force F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Holds Speeds Above Mach 1.5 Without Ever Lighting an Afterburner. Its 2 Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 Engines Make About 35,000 Pounds of Thrust Each, and the Fleet Just Passed 1,000,000 Flight Hours on an Engine Last Built in 2013.
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (428+ words) Most fighters go supersonic by dumping raw fuel into the exhaust stream and emptying their tanks in minutes. The F-22 does it on dry thrust and stays there....
Over 4,000 Missiles Failed to Hit a Single US Air Force Mach 3.2 SR-71 Blackbird. Speed Was the Only Way to Survive as It Had No Weapons to Fire Back
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (1379+ words) An estimated 4,000 missiles were fired at the SR-71 Blackbird and not one hit. The complete story of the attacks, the fighters, and how speed beat them all....
Building the 926th Wing from within: Development and Training Flight shapes future Airmen
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Air Force’s longest-deployed planes finally get to retire
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (331+ words) By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton Published Sep 12, 2026 4:39 PM EDT The last of the Air Force’s longest-deployed airplanes finally retired earlier this month, as the last in-service EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare plane took its final flight over Arizona. For its…...
Retired Army lieutenant colonel recalls being inside Pentagon during 9/11 attack
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (303+ words) 25 years after the September 11 attacks, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who was inside the Pentagon when it was struck is reflecting on the experience and the people who did not survive. Paul Abel shared his firsthand account Friday during a…...
Navy jet may have parked at San Antonio drive-in theater
19+ hour, 48+ min ago (988+ words) I am authoring a book for the SS Midway Museum Library in San Diego (California), dedicated to preserving the history of our aircraft collection. A key segment of the book focuses on our aircraft exhibit collection, one of which is…...
These 5 RC F-14 Tomcats Go From Tiny EDF Jet to Twin-Turbine Monster
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (505+ words) The F-14 Tomcat looks pretty crazy at any scale, but these five RC versions prove that it can range from tame to insane. The lineup begins with a compact E-flite jet powered by twin 40 mm electric ducted fans, climbs through increasingly…...
What is Air Force One really like? Former crew members take us behind the mission
16+ hour, 47+ min ago (1007+ words) Former crew members reveal what it’s really like aboard Air Force One and recount missions from 9/11 to President Bush’s secret Thanksgiving trip to Baghdad. Air Force One is one of the most recognizable aircraft in the world, but much of…...