Military Aviation
International military aviation programs and the U.S. military, including the Air Force, Marines, Army and Navy
The Real X-Jet
From Transformers to the X-Men, the Blackbird is still Hollywood's favorite futuristic jet. Here's the real story of its birth.
March 01, 1999 |
By William E. Burrows
Extreme Machine
The U.S. Marine Corps' sword gets a brand-new edge.
November 1998 |
By George C. Larson
Ravens of Long Tieng
In the remote highlands of Laos, U.S. Air Force pilots fought a secret war.
November 1998 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
Counterpunch
Flying Wild Weasel missions involved a variety of airframes but just one philosophy: Do unto SAMS before they do unto you.
September 1998 |
By Robert Hanson
Heroes Welcome
Fifty years ago, they worked around the clock to keep Berlin from starving. Now, in a year-long celebration, Berlin invites them back.
July 1998 |
By Linda Shiner
A Sudden Loss of Altitude
Meet the MOL-men. Prepared to make space history, these military pilots instead became a footnote to it.
July 1998 |
By Carl Posey
Change of Command
When Robin Olds arrived in Vietnam, morale soared.
September 1997 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
Tullo and the Giant
For pilots shot down over North Vietnam, the way home was jolly and green.
July 1997 |
By Robert Hanson
The Edwards Diaries
Test pilot Glen Edwards kept book on the Flying Wing. Now we know what he thought of the airplane he died in.
July 1997 |
By Daniel Ford
Plausible Denial
A daring mission to fly combat in Vietnam came with a catchno one else could know.
May 1997 |
By Susan Katz Keating
The Last of the Mohawks
Grumman's triple-tail, bug-eyed, heat-seeking camera platform.
March 1997 |
By John Sotham
Escape to U Taphao
In the final days of the Vietnam war, chaos and heroism converged in the effort to evacuate U.S.-supplied aircraft.
January 1997 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
B-36: Bomber at the Crossroads
It was the biggest warplane ever to wear an American star, and in the summer of '49 the Peacemaker found itself a war--in Washington.
April 1996 |
By Daniel Ford
"My Body Will Collapse Like a Falling Cherry Blossom"
Memoirs of a suicide squadron survivor.
May 1991 |
By Hatsuho Naito
The Flight of the Bumblebee
World War II's black pilots had two war to fight.
November 1989 |
By Louis R. Purnell
