Jet Aircraft
Over the No-Fly Zone
Patrolling over northern Iraq in 2001 felt like driving through a small town with Hell's Angels.
September 22, 2009 |
By Randy Gordon
The Dawn of Discipline
A B-47 pilot remembers when an airplane—and Curtis LeMay—stiffened the spine of the Strategic Air Command
July 2009 |
By Walter J. Boyne
Too Much, Too Soon
July 2009 | By General Robert L. Cardenas, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) As told to James P. Busha
Woe Canada
The only thing that kept Canada from beating the U.S. to a jet airliner was Canada.
March 2009 |
By Graham Chandler
Supersonic Sales Call
If you want a customer to spend $10 billion on your jet fighters, you gotta bust some Mach.
March 2009 |
By Jorge and Karen Escalona
Thuds, the Ridge, and 100 Missions North
How the Republic F-105 got good at a mission it was not designed to fly.
March 2009 |
By Carl Posey
Where Have All the Phantoms Gone?
How a fighter-bomber-recon-attack superstar ended up as fodder for
target practice.
January 2009 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
Control the Air
On the ground with Marines in Afghanistan, the author sees a different side of close air support.
September 2008 |
By Ed Darack
Moments & Milestones: Hits and Missiles
Produced in cooperation with the National Aeronautic Association
September 2008 |
By George C. Larson
Nukes vs. Airplanes
Between the F-80 and the F-104, a supersonic pioneer fought the Cold War...in its own way.
July 2008 |
By Jorge and Karen Escalona
How Things Work: Thrust Vectoring
In a tight spot, you need zoom to maneuver.
July 2008 |
By Jim Mathews
Is the Boeing 757 a threat to other airliners?
An unusual wake vortex has landed this airliner in a class by itself.
May 27, 2008 |
By Rebecca Maksel
