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The prone-pilot Gloster Meteor testbed

Oldies and Oddities: Lying Down on the Job

Piloting in the prone position
September 2011 | By Graham Chandler

Last of the Few

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

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

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

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

Jamie Stowell the sole female cadet enjoyed her turn at a 50 caliber machine gun Im not a gun nut she says But oh my God Its just astonishing power

Two Days in the Life of a B-24 Crew

Take a fantasy flight in a real, live Liberator.
July 2011 | By Stephen Joiner

Northrop Grummans portrait of the future for naval aviation the X47B on the runway in Palmdale California

*Pilot Not Included

Military aviation prepares for the inevitable.
July 2011 | By Michael Milstein

The World War II transports were considered stealthy in audio signature only

That Old Crate

From Minnesota cratemakers, a new CG-4 glider like the ones they built in World War II.
July 2011 | By Lynn Keillor

A formation of Westland Wapitis flies over the mountainous landscape of the North West Frontier Province In 1933 a Wapiti became the first airplane to fly over Mt Everest

The Bombing of Waziristan

In this rugged hiding place, outlaws like Osama bin Laden are rarely run to ground. The British learned that lesson in 1939.
July 2011 | By Graham Chandler

Last November the Curtiss SB2C 5 moved into its new digs at the Museum’s Steven F Udvar Hazy Center where it awaits restoration

In the Museum: Wanted: TLC for Misunderstood Warbird

Challenging the Helldiver’s bad reputation.
July 2011 | By Rebecca Maksel

Before hose and reel refueling took hold the Navy tried a system of rigid tubing

Above and Beyond: Warner and the Whale

How we turned the A3D into a tanker.
July 2011 | By Hadley Dixon

Ready for its closeup: The first demilitarized Global Hawk debuts in 2009 at NASA’s Dryden center in California.

“That’s Professor Global Hawk”

A remote-piloted warrior starts flying for science.
May 2011 | By Kara Platoni

The Lockheed U-2 ushered in a new age of spying and new requirements for photo interpretation.

Project Equine

...And the high-tech horse it rode in on.
May 2011 | By Dino Brugioni

<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

When they weren’t operating Norden bombsights (center), B-25 nose gunner/bombardiers enjoyed splendid views.

Take a Ride in a B-25

From engine fumes to exhilaration, here’s what to expect.
May 2011 | By Phil Scott

<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

Media coverage of the Bay of Pigs fiasco was unbridled. Far right: the narrator, as a staff sergeant in the Alabama Air National Guard in the 1950s.

Above and Beyond

Mission: Cuba. Status: Top secret.
May 2011 | By James Storie

During the war, Wendover Army Air Base was one of the country

Wendover’s Atomic Secret

How B-29 crews trained to drop the bomb.
March 2011 | By Carl Posey

No soft underbelly here: The EA-18G Growler hauls missiles, fuel tanks, and electronic warfare pods.

When Hornets Growl

The new, supersonic face of e-warfare.
March 2011 | By D.C. Agle

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


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