Editors' Picks
What the astronauts really said
Apollo "onboard voice" recordings captured the moon astronauts' conversations -- cussing and all -- when no one else was listening.
Drones for Hire
The newest eyes in the sky are drawing the attention of power companies, conservation groups, and the ACLU.
Five Reasons to Like NASA’s Asteroid Retrieval Mission
So it's not the Moon or Mars. Get over it.
The Invention of Flight
Inventors, dreamers, daredevils, charlatans: Aviation's early years had them all.
Disaster at Xichang
An eyewitness speaks publicly for the first time about history’s worst launch accident.
In the weeks leading up to the Blitz, Londoners were still learning how to respond to air-raid warnings.
September 06, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
A story from when the famed comedian joined Bob Hope on his USO tours.
August 20, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
A U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation pilot describes what it’s like to fly three generations of ground attack aircraft.
August 14, 2012
| By Linda Shiner
It's not as straightforward as you think.
August 14, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Sixty-six years ago this week, Sergeant Lawrence Lambert became the first person in the U.S. to be ejected from a high-speed aircraft.
August 13, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
With the F-35, Lockheed Martin takes a turn trying to make one combat plane that can do everything.
February 2012
| By Richard Whittle
Restoring the sole surviving Heinkel He 219.
September 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Rescue aircraft are different today, but "surrender" is still a dirty word.
September 2012
| By Stephen Joiner
Riding on a Marine Corps C-130 in Iraq had its risks, not all of them expected.
August 03, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Almost 100 aircraft were lost in the river during World War II alone, and it's not certain how many are still to be recovered.
July 27, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
As the world's athletes put on their game face, the British Army prepares for aerial attack.
July 24, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
In 1966, the author of The Grapes of Wrath met a new working class: Hueys, Hercs, and Spooky.
August 2012
| By The Editors
UFO investigations may have been the least exciting duty for the Air Intelligence Service Squadron.
August 2012
| By Mark Wolverton
During World War II, a raven helped alert the city to approaching bombers.
July 02, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
The call that makes every Apache pilot freeze.
June 18, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
How psychologists conditioned soldiers and civilians to the sounds of combat during World War II.
June 07, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Inventors, dreamers, daredevils, charlatans: Aviation's early years had them all.
The legendary WWII fighter wasn't so fast getting out of the factory.
May 23, 2012
| By Rebecca Maksel
Europe’s frontline fighter is a marvel of technology.
May 21, 2012
| By Carl Posey
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