Attack Aircraft
Soul of the Skyraider
A U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation pilot describes what it’s like to fly three generations of ground attack aircraft.
August 14, 2012 |
By Linda Shiner
Bait and Switch in Libya
Naval aviators push Qaddafi's buttons in a 1981 exercise.
July 2012 |
By Commander Thompson E. Sanders U.S. Navy (Ret.)
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
Truck Killer
For one mission in Vietnam, the best aircraft for the job was a bomber from World War II.
July 2010 |
By David Lande
Book Club July 2010: Fighter Pilot
The memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds.
May 17, 2010 |
By The Editors
Last of the Invaders
A reader tips us off to the restoration of a rare bird.
May 17, 2010 |
By Rebecca Maksel
Ode on a Canadian Warbird
The author remembers childhood, with round engines.
January 2010 |
By Bruce McCall
Legends of Vietnam: Super Tweet
Yeah. The A-37 was small. So was Napoleon.
January 2010 |
By Stephen Joiner
Legends of Vietnam: Shoulder to Shoulder
The Grumman A-6 was ugly, but it sure could cook.
May 2009 |
By Rafael Lima
The Hotrod Squad
There's hardly a combat mission that the A-4 Skyhawk hasn't flown.
July 2004 |
By Graham Chandler
Through Darkest Iraq with Gun and Cobra
A month of war through the night-vision goggles of a Marine AH-1W SuperCobra pilot.
January 2004 |
By Story and photographs by James Cox
