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Military Aviation

International military aviation programs and the U.S. military, including the Air Force, Marines, Army and Navy
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The P-47D carried eight guns and, on some models, rocket launchers.

Book Excerpt: Hell Hawks!

How P-47s became the tank busters of World War II
July 14, 2008 | By Robert F. Dorr and Thomas D. Jones

A pilot and gunner inspect the Handley.

The Few, the Brave, the Lucky

To face the enemy in World War I, pilots first had to survive flight training.
July 2008 | By Tom LeCompte

A gaggle of Hawkeyes operating out of the Naval Air Facility in Atsugi, Japan, takes to the air during a training mission.

Detect and Direct

The Navy's newest Hawkeye gets closer to the fight.
July 2008 | By Preston Lerner

A bridge overpass in the bucolic East German countryside would have been the primary target for a flight of four Fairchild anti-tank A-10s on a 1987 cold war mission. The bridge still stands.

Above & Beyond: The Bridge that Did Not Fall

Memorable flights and other adventures
July 2008 | By Darrel Whitcomb

That Cessna (outside the bottom left hand corner of the lower building, at center) isn

Flights & Fancy: The El Toro Follies

Whimsy, nostalgia, and just plain mischief
July 2008 | By Michael Church

Birth of the Kulbit

Not just maneuverability. Supermaneuverability.
May 21, 2008 | By Roger Mola

Police helicopters and ambulances at the Pentagon, September 11, 2001.

9/11: The Saga of the Skies

Chaos and control over Washington, while the Pentagon burned.
May 15, 2008 | By Lynn Spencer

A scene from the Army Signal Corps film "Aviation Training in the United States," shot in 1917-1918.

How They Trained

Rare archival footage shows Army pilots learning to fly Jennies in 1917.
May 05, 2008 | By Phillip W. Stewart

In a typical two-ship formation, B-1Bs fly a 1998 training mission near Meteor Crater in Arizona, one of the few holes in the ground bigger than a B-1 could make.

The Bone is Back

Too trouble-prone for nuclear alert and sidelined in the first Gulf War, the B-1 is today the busiest bomber in the fleet.
May 2008 | By David Noland

Above & Beyond: Mission Unaccomplished

Memorable flights, and other adventures.
May 2008 | By William Campenni

A & S Interview: Dick Anderegg

A talk with the Air Force historian.
May 2008 | By Patricia Trenner

A Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC is on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum

Hurricane Walkaround

Aviation historian Ron Dick takes a closer look at an old warbird.
March 01, 2008 | By Diane Tedeschi

Staff Sergeant Robin Walker (left) reports no foreign objects in the inlets to Staff Sergeant Greg Slavik piror to takeoff from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Unconventional Weapon

What we learned about stealth technology from the combat career of the F-117.
January 2008 | By Bill Sweetman

From A UH-1N Huey helicopter, Corporal Andy Vistrand, a "Gunrunner" in Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, scans the countryside of Anbar province from behind a .50-caliber machine gun.

Air War Iraq

From Al Asad Air Base, portraits of U.S. aircraft and crews in the fourth year of fighting.
November 2007 | By the Editors

The B-17 Memphis Belle.

WWII: A Reader's Guide to the Air War

Our pick of the best books and memoirs on World War II aviation.
November 01, 2007 | By Richard P. Hallion

The developers of Cargolifter CL 160, a German design, used to say that their craft could carry 26,000 pounds of food to disaster victims. But the Cargolifter itself needs aid now; its parent company has declared bankruptcy.

Spy Blimps and Heavy Lifters

The latest thing in airships.
September 2007 | By Ben Iannotta

The FAA classifies the Osprey as a "powered lift" aircraft-neither airplane nor rotorcraft.

Tilters

You might say that Osprey pilots are neither fish nor fowl.
September 2007 | By John Croft

On May 17, 1913, Cuban aviation pioneer Domingo Rosillo used a naval escort to make the Key West-to-Cuba trip in a French Morane-Sulnier.

Book Excerpt: "On Cuban Wings"

Chronicling the island's rich aviation history
August 2007 | By Jorge and Diana Rodriguez

Airplanes, not automobiles, cruised the Malecon on parade day in 1953 to mark the 40th anniversary of Parla

The Country Where Nobody Flies

Did Cuba abandon its private pilots or did they abandon Cuba?
August 2007 | By Rafael Lima

The Lightning II helmet being developed for the F-35.

How do military aircraft helmets track where a pilot is looking?

August 01, 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo


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