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In a typical two-ship formation, B-1Bs fly a 1998 training mission near Meteor Crater in Arizona, one of the few holes in the ground bigger than a B-1 could make.

The Bone is Back

Too trouble-prone for nuclear alert and sidelined in the first Gulf War, the B-1 is today the busiest bomber in the fleet.
May 2008 | By David Noland

The last U.S. F-4s were retired in 1996 (a U.S. Air Force RF-4C during the Vietnam War); about 800 still fly worldwide.

Moments & Milestones: The Phantom at 50

Producted in Cooperation with the National Aeronautic Association.
May 2008 | By George C. Larson

Thanks to the wonders of computer animation, Gerry Merrill

Who Says a Jet Can't Be Cheap?

Gerry Merrill says he can build you one for $150,000.
March 2008 | By David Noland

This colorful Bede BD-J5 takes a break from the action at an airshow in Sion, Switzerland in June 1989.

The Elusive Dream

The Minijet, the Weejet, and other good ideas that went nowhere.
March 01, 2008 | By David Noland

Carol Sugars and Doug Roodante in their green machine.

Fly Canola!

Doug Rodante plans to fly his L-29 cross-country using cooking oil for fuel.
February 25, 2008 | By Roger Mola

A Short (Very Short) History of the F-19

What airplane came in a little box and never flew?
January 2008 | By Patricia Trenner

Photographs from Concorde reprinted with permission from Zenith Press.

Sleeping Beauty

A last, longing look at the Concorde.
January 2008 | By The editors

Staff Sergeant Robin Walker (left) reports no foreign objects in the inlets to Staff Sergeant Greg Slavik piror to takeoff from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Unconventional Weapon

What we learned about stealth technology from the combat career of the F-117.
January 2008 | By Bill Sweetman

Paul DiMare

Picturing the Future

How a skilled artist fast-forwards to the hypersonic airplanes of 2025.
September 2007 | By Paul DiMare

In the Dreamliner

How Boeing Put the Dream in Dreamliner

When aircraft designers wanted to make passengers feel happy, they turned to psychologists.
September 2007 | By Douglas Gantenbein

An F/A-18 Hornet lights its afterburners to leap from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.

How Things Work - Afterburners

Jets get no kick from champagne, but a little fuel in the tailpipe...
July 2007 | By Damond Benningfield

Composite fuselage sections for Boeing

Alenia's Gamble

To help build the Boeing 787's composite fuselage, Italy spends a bundle.
July 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

Snowbirds perform gasp-inducing maneuvers like the Four-Way Cross.

The Moose Jaw Nine

What the Canadian Snowbirds have that the Navy's Blue Angels don't.
May 2007 | By Graham Chandler

A & S Interview: Michimasa Fujino

President and CEO, Honda Aircraft Company
May 2007 | By Linda Shiner

The Soviets

The Thin Aluminum Line

Supersonic airplanes and a screen of radar stood ready during the cold war to avert the end of the world.
January 2007 | By Carl Posey

A & S Interview: Joe Sutter

The "Father of the 747" talks about the famed airliner's birth.
January 2007 | By Bettina Chavanne

VERA, in her original glory, leads a group of Me 262s, captured by the U.S. Air Force, as they taxi for takeoff from the airfield at Lechfeld, Germany, in 1945.

Stormbird

November 2006 | By Douglas Gantenbein

Honda

The Next Little Thing

Why 2006 is the year of the very light jet.
November 2006 | By Mark Huber

The X-35A, built to validate propulsion and flying qualities for the Joint Strike Fighter, takes flight in October 2000.

Weight Watchers

How a team of engineers and a crash diet saved the Joint Strike Fighter.
November 2006 | By Joe Pappalardo

Above & Beyond: A Bougainville Mystery

November 2006 | By Paul A. Roales


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