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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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Expert Witness

The EWO and the MIRV: Cold war talk for an RC-135 crew's lucky day.
November 2003 | By Robert L. Brown

The Comet’s sleekly modern look raised the public’s confidence in the new mode of jet-propelled passenger flight. But military and economic uncertainties about the Comet made U.S. politicians nervous.

The Comet Affair

Why the cold war forced the British government to choose between keeping a friend and arming an enemy.
September 2003 | By Jeffrey A. Engel

Partners: Cessna O-1 Bird Dogs used smoke rockets to mark targets for the two-seat North American T-28s.

Vang's War

How the fighting in Southeast Asia transformed a curious young man into a fiercely dedicated pilot.
September 2003 | By Roger Warner

Yellow 10

Something about the Champlin Fighter Museum's Focke-Wulf 190D never seemed quite right.
September 2003 | By Howard Stansfield

Fairford Sketchbook

An artist's impression of Europe's largest airshow.
July 2003 | By Illustrations by Harry Whitver

To Snatch a Sabre

Fifty years ago, North Korea's secret allies plotted to heist from the United States a North American F-86.
July 2003 | By Ralph Wetterhahn

Kurdziel buttons up the Firefly’s beastly 12-cylinder Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. A former U.S. Navy pilot, Kurdziel is today a top gun on the airshow circuit, where his Aussie fighter has bagged a number of coveted trophies for aircraft restoration.

The Champ

From the decks of World War II aircraft carriers to today's airshow circuit-the journey of a Royal Australian Navy Fairey Firefly.
July 2003 | By John Sotham

Prop, swept wings, a huge T-tail—the XF-84H was one of a kind.

ZWRRWWWBRZR

That's the sound of the prop-driven XF-84H, and it brought grown men to their knees. It didn't fly all that great either.
July 2003 | By Stephan Wilkinson

On the way: a North American F-100C just after bomb release.

Exit Strategy

Target: Soviet weapons plant. Mission: Low-altitude bombing. Payload: Nuclear. Problem: Getting back.
May 2003 | By Marshall Michel

The Scud

What's a Scud?

The Scud missiles causing so much anxiety in the world today are Soviet designs that originated in a weapon developed by the Nazis.
May 2003 | By Bruce Berkowitz

Tests at a NASA wind tunnel showed that the Avrocar would not be stable at high speeds.

The Pentagon's Flying Saucer Problem

The weapon system that could have made the enemy die laughing
May 2003 | By Graham Chandler

U.S. Navy PBYs flew in every theater of the Pacific War, their long range ideal for patrolling the waters from the Solomon Islands to the Aleutian Islands.

Restoration: Going the Distance

The ninth life of a PBY-5A Cat.
January 2003 | By Phil Scott

CorsairFest

There's a lot more to the F4U than its past association with black sheep.
January 2003 | By Larry Lowe

NASA once considered using the space shuttle to carry the X-37 to orbit, but those plans changed. When the craft does go into space, it will most likely ride atop an expendable launcher.

Will the Air Force Finally Get a Spaceplane?

If Boeing's X-37 can maneuver politically as well as in space.
January 2003 | By Ben Iannotta

The X-35B lifts off the hover pit with its nozzle vectored for short-takeoffvertical-landing. To convert the engine’s operation from conventional takeoff to STOVL, the pilot moves a lever back about an inch. This opens four sets of doors behind the cockpit, allowing air to flow through the lift fan and starting the nozzle moving through its full range of travel. Simultaneously a clutch engages, transferring power from the engine to the lift fan.

Winner Take All

All the nail biting, second guessing, and sheer engineering brilliance in the battle to build the better Joint Strike Fighter.
January 2003 | By Evan Hadingham

ShinMaywa’s US-1A, cleansed of the corrosive sea after every mission, continues an ancestral line of flying boats.

Giant Amphibian

Japan has one godzilla of a seaplane.
January 2003 | By Tim Wright

Zoom climbs in the rocket-boosted NF-104 could top out at 120,000 feet in zero gravity (left).

Sky High

My climb to the top in the F-104.
November 2002 | By George J. Marrett

The Lockheed SR-71.

How Things Work: Supersonic Inlets

November 2002 | By Diane Tedeschi

In 1964, a trio of RA-5Cs had central Florida covered.

Restoration: Mach 2 Heavyweight Champion

The North American RA-5C Vigilante.
November 2002 | By Robert F. Dorr

A live-fire test on a North American F-86. During the Vietnam War, engineers looked for ways to toughen aircraft against ground fire and surface-to-air missiles.

Shoot 'Em Up

Sometimes you have to destroy the aircraft in order to save it.
November 2002 | By Carl Hoffman


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