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Blazing sun, a pitching sea, and hungry sharks—and that was just the start of their troubles.
April 26, 2011 | By Alvin Townley

The centrifuge at Holloman AFB in New Mexico has closed after more than 20 years of training Air Force pilots.

Thousands of Air Force pilots trained on the Holloman centrifuge. Now a better ride is coming.
February 11, 2011 | By Mark Betancourt

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CANCELLED: Israel's Arieh Fighter
March 2011 | By Gary Rashba

F/A 18V

The Navy's first pilot and 10 more milestones.
March 2011 | By The Editors

No soft underbelly here: The EA-18G Growler hauls missiles, fuel tanks, and electronic warfare pods.

The new, supersonic face of e-warfare.
March 2011 | By D.C. Agle

During the war, Wendover Army Air Base was one of the country

How B-29 crews trained to drop the bomb.
March 2011 | By Carl Posey

March 2011 | By J.R. Dailey

A new "untold history" of the V-22 asks: Is the Osprey safe?
January 24, 2011 | By The Editors

After a troubled development, the MV-22 was deployed to Iraq in 2007; it

The only flight of the Osprey's fifth prototype lasted less than two minutes, and it was one wild ride.
January 25, 2011 | By Richard Whittle

At Kandahar airfield, Afghans and Western coalition members celebrate the activation of the Afghan air force’s second wing.

How the U.S. military is training Afghans to fly.
January 2011 | By Stewart Nusbaumer

After the B-52D crash was solved, over 200 “cause unknown” aircraft losses were attributed to the same condition.

November 2010 | By Leonard R. Scotty

For more than 50 years, Sidewinder missiles have been riding the rails of U.S. Navy fighters, from F9F-8 Cougars to F-14 Tomcats (shown here).

The missile that has rattled enemy pilots since 1958.
November 2010 | By Preston Lerner

Bundled against temperatures as low as –60° F, aerial gunners struggled to protect their B-17s from German fighters.

Late in World War II, the Bell P-63 became an aerial gunner's easiest target.
November 2010 | By James Dunaway

John Freeborn, second from right, relaxes with fellow Royal Air Force pilots from 74 Squadron at their base in Hornchurch, Essex, in August 1940. Also pictured: Roger Boulding (with dog) and Henryk Szczesny.

In a 2004 interview, an RAF hero recalled encounters with friends and enemies during the Battle of Britain.
September 03, 2010 | By Gavin Mortimer

Museum volunteer Tom Momiyama with the last remaining Ohka K2 at the Museum’s restoration facility.

September 2010 | By Rebecca Maksel

Nevada’s mountains provide a wall around one of the world’s most secret places.

A veteran reporter describes his search for the aircraft of Area 51.
September 2010 | By William B. Scott

The daughter of a WASP tells her mother's tale.
June 16, 2010 | By The Editors

Purists point out that the present incarnation of B-36J no. 52-2827 isn’t 100 percent accurate.

At the Pima Air and Space Museum, the B-36 is the largest U.S. warplane ever rebuilt.
August 2010 | By The Editors

At Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Chief Scientist Werner Dahm (in flightsuit) preps for a ride in a B-1 bomber in September 2009.

From the halls of power to field laboratories, the Air Force Chief Scientist helps shape the future of U.S. flight.
August 2010 | By Mark Wolverton

Thirty-eight WASPs died in service. Mary Hartson (left, with Hardman, center) was killed in a BT-13 crash in 1944.

Stories my mother told me.
August 2010 | By Melissa Jordan

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