A Full Retaliatory Response
When President John Kennedy contemplated nuclear war, what went through the minds of the U.S. bomber crews?
November 2005 |
By Thomas Jones
The Raptor Arrives
Debriefing the pilots who got the first crack at the F-22.
November 2005 |
By Carl Hoffman
Cold Front
Meet the men who kept the Thunderbolts flying.
July 2005 |
By Thomas D. Jones and Robert F. Dorr
I Got Shot Down
Seven airmen talk about the event none wants to experience.
May 2004 |
By Phil Scott
French Lessons
With their own country occupied by Germany, French air cadets came to Alabama to learn to fly. Vive la Dixie!
March 2004 |
By Janelle Dupont
Through Darkest Iraq with Gun and Cobra
A month of war through the night-vision goggles of a Marine AH-1W SuperCobra pilot.
January 2004 |
By Story and photographs by James Cox
Expert Witness
The EWO and the MIRV: Cold war talk for an RC-135 crew's lucky day.
November 2003 |
By Robert L. Brown
Vang's War
How the fighting in Southeast Asia transformed a curious young man into a fiercely dedicated pilot.
September 2003 |
By Roger Warner
CorsairFest
There's a lot more to the F4U than its past association with black sheep.
January 2003 |
By Larry Lowe
Above & Beyond: Nights Over North Vietnam
A former South Vietnamese Air Force commander shares his military experiences in a new book.
September 2002 |
By Nguyen Cao Ky
My First Time
Aerospace celebrities talk about the flights that changed their lives.
July 2002 |
By Phil Scott
Air Combat U
At the USAF Fighter Weapons School in 1957, the instructors were mean, but the aircraft were meaner.
January 2002 |
By Robert A. Hanson
The Avengers
They torpedoed enemy ships during World War II. Now they fight fire.
November 2001 |
By Marshall Lumsden
The Reunion
A fighter pilot, his escort, and one hell of a coincidence.
September 2001 |
By John Fleischman
The Fastest Show on Earth
How two Lockheed F-104 Starfighters became airshow stars.
May 2001 |
By Carl Hoffman
