Military Aviation
International military aviation programs and the U.S. military, including the Air Force, Marines, Army and Navy
The Niihau Zero
Pieces of Pearl Harbor's lone surviving Zero tell of a violent clash of cultures and a race for technology.
July 2007 |
By Nick D'Alto
Hunting Zeros
Finding an airworthy Zero is not easy these days. In fact, you can count them on one hand.
July 2007 |
By Roger Mola
Operation Highjump
A year after World War II ended, the U.S. Navy mounted a massive-though hastily planned-mission to the bottom of the world.
July 2007 |
By Paul Hoversten
Glacier Girl: The Back Story
How it got trapped in the ice, and how it got out.
July 2007 |
By airspacemag.com
Book Excerpt: "Snowbirds"
An ex-member of the Canadian team recalls his time on the tour.
May 2007 |
By Steve Will
The Moose Jaw Nine
What the Canadian Snowbirds have that the Navy's Blue Angels don't.
May 2007 |
By Graham Chandler
Above & Beyond: Milk Run
How a milk run from an aircraft carrier nearly killed me.
May 2007 |
By Chris McKenna
In the Footsteps of the Mighty Eighth
A writer searches southern England for traces of a legendary World War II air force.
March 2007 |
By John Fleischman
Mystery on Guadalcanal
In the wreckage of a Wildcat lay clues to what happened in a famous World War II dogfight.
January 2007 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
The Thin Aluminum Line
Supersonic airplanes and a screen of radar stood ready during the cold war to avert the end of the world.
January 2007 |
By Carl Posey
How Things Work: Electromagnetic Catapults
From zero to 150 in less than a second.
January 2007 |
By Tim Wright
Glacier Girl, Interrupted
Sixty-five years after its first attempt, the restored Lightning should finally reach England next year.
January 2007 |
By Larry Lowe
Are there any photos of Japan's World War II "invasion fleet?"
How to hide thousands of airplanes.
January 01, 2007 |
By Joe Pappalardo
The Day Nobody Flew
September 11, 2001 wasn't the first time U.S. air traffic was grounded.
November 2006 |
By Roger A. Mola
Weight Watchers
How a team of engineers and a crash diet saved the Joint Strike Fighter.
November 2006 |
By Joe Pappalardo
The X-35 on Display
The fighter of the future comes to the Hazy Center.
November 2006 |
By airspacemag.com
Swing Wings
It's all done with computers (and good old-fashioned hydraulics).
September 2006 |
By Joe Pappalardo
