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Swing Wings
It's all done with computers (and good old-fashioned hydraulics).
September 2006 |
By Joe Pappalardo
Persian Cats
How Iranian air crews, cut off from U.S. technical support, used the F-14 against Iraqi attackers.
September 2006 |
By Tom Cooper
The Grumman Cats
Just under nine lives that created a company legend.
September 2006 |
By Brian Nicklas
Star Quality
How did we love the Tomcat? On the 20th anniversary of Top Gun, we count the ways.
September 2006 |
By The Editors
The Raptor Rocks
F-22s treat airshow fans to a maneuverability demo.
September 2006 |
By Linda Shiner
A Hard Day's Night
Cold war B-52s flew an icy northern route on alert for a Soviet missile strike.
September 2006 |
By Bill Robinson
Cessna's Golden Oldie
What flies into your mind when you hear the words "light aircraft"? We bet it's the 172.
July 2006 |
By Roger A. Mola
At the Movies: Take Two
World War I airplanes star in a feature film about the Lafayette Escadrille.
July 2006 |
By Tom LeCompte
Beautiful Climber
In the summer of '58, nothing was faster to 50,000 feet.
July 2006 |
By Carl Posey
We Haul It All
For armored vehicles, fossilized pachyderms, and other oversize loads, your best bet is the Russian Mi-26 helicopter.
July 2006 |
By John Croft
Torture Chamber
Because airplanes must fly in the real world, the Air Force built a fake one.
May 2006 |
By Ed Regis
Orchestrated Hell
In 1943, CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow took his radio audience along on a RAF bombing mission to Berlin.
May 2006 |
By Mark Bernstein
Fire and Ice
A wrecked bomber in Russia memorializes a World War II battle for the North Pacific.
March 2006 |
By Ralph Wetterhahn
Rotary Club
In the populous acreage of an aircraft carrier, the corner occupied by helo pilots is small, scrappy, and loud.
January 2006 |
By Carl Hoffman
