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Gilbert Hooker with navigator Ron Dunn

The Man My Mother Fell in Love With

When the Navy retired the Tomcat, my father went with it.
January 2012 | By Brad Hooker

A 2010 flight of two F-15Es (here, a Strike Eagle in Afghanistan earlier this year) saved the lives of 30 coalition troops surrounded by 100 insurgents.

Moments & Milestones: Trophy Mission

Honors for a risky bombing run.
November 2011 | By George C. Larson, Member, NAA

At the 2002 Nellis Air Show near Las Vegas, a Sabre heads up an A team in a USAF Heritage Flight: (from left) P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, F-15 Eagle, P-38 Lightning, and TF-51.

Could You Fly a Sabre?

The challenge of handling a 1950s MiG killer.
November 2011 | By Paul Hoversten

Airman George Johnson (in a T-33 in late 1955) spent hundreds of hours maintaining Sabrejets and much less time flying one.

Mind If I Borrow It?

The day an Air Force mechanic commandeered a North American F-86.
November 2011 | By Paul D. Mather

Tragedy at Reno

What it was like in the pits that day.
September 19, 2011 | By Linda Shiner

In 2004, salvagers pulled a Bell P-39 from a Siberian lake, where 60 years earlier pilot Ivan Baranovsky had crash-landed it.

Lieutenant Ivan Baranovsky’s P-39

An airacobra's journey to the eastern front...and back.
September 2011 | By Tim Wright

The prone-pilot Gloster Meteor testbed

Oldies and Oddities: Lying Down on the Job

Piloting in the prone position
September 2011 | By Graham Chandler

Flights and Fancy: How I Bagged an F-4J

Who would think a kite could down a fighter?
August 2011 | By Michael Barton

Possibly the world’s pointiest jet

Loser X-Planes

Every research aircraft poses a question. Sometimes the answer is "forget it."
August 2011 | By The Editors

Last of the Few

The Battle of Britain in the words of the pilots who won it.
August 01, 2011 | By The Editors

<b>Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a</b> Its initials stand for Scout Experimental, but the S.E.5a was one of the most effective fighters of World War I. At about 135 mph, it was faster than most airplanes it came up against and was flown by four of the Unite

Biplanes and Us

25 years later, it's a complicated relationship.
May 2011 | By The Editors

<i>Ciao!</i> Italy’s military precision jet team, Frecce Tricolori (“Tricolor Arrows”), makes its first visit to North America with performances on August 2 and 3 at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 34th Fly-in Convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The

1986

The year we were born.
May 2011 | By Paul Hoversten

F/A 18V

100 Years of Naval Aviation

The Navy's first pilot and 10 more milestones.
March 2011 | By The Editors

Nesher

The Lion That Never Roared

CANCELLED: Israel's Arieh Fighter
March 2011 | By Gary Rashba

Blended wing-body visionary James McDonnell sculpted the XP-67 in the early 1940s, promising a speed of more than 400 mph.

Too Hot to Handle: McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat

Man cannot zoom by blended wing alone; he must have an engine that, well, works.
January 2011 | By Stephan Wilkinson

Bundled against temperatures as low as –60° F, aerial gunners struggled to protect their B-17s from German fighters.

Just Shoot Me

Late in World War II, the Bell P-63 became an aerial gunner's easiest target.
November 2010 | By James Dunaway

John Freeborn, second from right, relaxes with fellow Royal Air Force pilots from 74 Squadron at their base in Hornchurch, Essex, in August 1940. Also pictured: Roger Boulding (with dog) and Henryk Szczesny.

John Freeborn: 1919-2010

In a 2004 interview, an RAF hero recalled encounters with friends and enemies during the Battle of Britain.
September 03, 2010 | By Gavin Mortimer

Snodgrass’ repertoire extends beyond modern jets; here, Snort flies a World War II SNJ trainer at a 1999 airshow.

The Real Top Gun

Nobody handled a Tomcat like Snort.
July 2010 | By Debbie Gary

Over its 35-year career, the F-15C (here on a training mission over the Pacific Ocean) remains the air combat champ, with 104 victories and no losses.

The Last Gunslinger

The F-15C is the only dedicated dogfighter left in the U.S. military fleet. Why isn't the Air Force replacing it?
July 2010 | By Michael Behar

Two F-107As became NASA highspeed test aircraft. Number 55120 was badly damaged in September 1959 when Scott Crossfield had control malfunctions.

Century Series Wannabe

North American F-107A
July 2010 | By Stephan Wilkinson


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