US Military Aviation
Mustache March
Handlebar, pencil, or toothbrush? A gallery of famous aviators' 'staches in honor of a fuzzy Air Force tradition.
December 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
He Saved Navy Fliers from Spam
Long before Swanson's TV dinner, there was the Maxson Sky Plate.
May 17, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Titanic’s Wireless Operators: The Original Texters
Text messaging, from 1912 to 2012.
May 14, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Lin Xu’s Obsession
It started with a search for images of his hometown in China. Hundreds of miles of film later, he can't stop looking.
May 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Howard Hughes’ Robot
On his record-setting flight in 1938, the billionaire had two navigators, only one of which was human.
April 23, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
High Valor
Barry Crawford is honored for his heroism as a combat air controller in Afghanistan.
April 13, 2012 |
By Air & Space / Smithsonian magazine
Göring’s Nephew
A bizarre case of mistaken identity almost cost a World War II B-17 commander his life.
March 13, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Bomber of the Future
The U.S. Air Force announced last weekend that the competition to build the next bomber is already underway.
March 02, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Berry’s Leap, Pt. 2
Grant Morton wasn't the first to parachute from an airplane, or even the second.
March 01, 2012 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Berry’s Leap
A hundred years ago tomorrow, Capt. Albert Berry made the first parachute jump from an airplane.
February 29, 2012 |
By Tony Reichhardt
Flight of the Intruder
Their assignment, 45 years ago: Drop mines over Vietnam, something no jet had ever done.
February 24, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
K-MAX at Work
A few months into testing, the new cargo helo seems to be performing well.
February 15, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Hardest to Fly?
Piloting an Apache helicopter almost always meant both hands and feet doing four different things at once.
February 03, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
DARPA ISO UAV
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is trying out innovation the 21st century way: crowdsourcing.
January 25, 2012 |
By Heather Goss
Combat on Canvas
Art and artifacts from the Marine front lines, now on display in Washington.
January 24, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Bob Smyth, Grumman Test Pilot (1927-2012)
He flew the first flight of the F-14A Tomcat in 1970, but made bigger headlines when he had to eject from the aircraft just nine days later.
January 11, 2012 |
By George Larson
Thirty Hours, No Stops
The B-2 needs four fill-ups to keep flying.
January 05, 2012 |
By Rebecca Maksel
