Military Aviation
International military aviation programs and the U.S. military, including the Air Force, Marines, Army and Navy
Restoration: Mach 2 Heavyweight Champion
The North American RA-5C Vigilante.
November 2002 |
By Robert F. Dorr
Shoot 'Em Up
Sometimes you have to destroy the aircraft in order to save it.
November 2002 |
By Carl Hoffman
Air War in the Falklands
Grand miscalculations, unknown odds, miserable weather, vast distances—and unlikely adversaries.
September 2002 |
By Carl Posey
Above & Beyond: Nights Over North Vietnam
A former South Vietnamese Air Force commander shares his military experiences in a new book.
September 2002 |
By Nguyen Cao Ky
“This Is Only a Test”
Fifty years ago, cold-war games halted all civilian air traffic—long before September 11 did the same.
March 2002 |
By Roger A. Mola
The Plane With No Name
The F-111: In Australia, an airplane for all seasons.
March 2002 |
By William Triplett
Young Turks
The Turkish Air Demo team is winning friends at home with its seven Northrop F-5s.
January 2002 |
By Roger A. Mola
Air Combat U
At the USAF Fighter Weapons School in 1957, the instructors were mean, but the aircraft were meaner.
January 2002 |
By Robert A. Hanson
All and Nothing
After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese planned to strike the United States with aircraft borne by giant submarines. If it worked, the Atlantic fleet would be trapped.
November 2001 |
By Thomas S. Momiyama
The Avengers
They torpedoed enemy ships during World War II. Now they fight fire.
November 2001 |
By Marshall Lumsden
Unbreakable
World War II aircraft that were shot to hell—and came back.
November 2001 |
By Cory Graff
