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The US Army Is on a Patriot Missile Buying Spree
With the purchase of almost 2,000 PAC-3 MSE missiles, the US Army clearly aims to have a robust air…
The US Navy Might Be Getting Its F/A-XX…
In a drone-and-hypersonic weapon-dominated future, manned fighter aircraft appear anachronistic. Yet…
Did DARPA Choose the Wrong VTOL Demonstrator for Its…
The advances of Aurora’s demonstrator ensure that the company’s fan-in-wing VTOL experiments will…
Why the US Army’s RAH-66 Comanche Failed to Take Off
To achieve both stealth and agility, the Comanche was crafted from cutting-edge materials, complex…
The US Coast Guard Is Finally Buying New Icebreakers
The Coast Guard is pursuing a range of new innovations to increase its effectiveness—including…
How Are the US Navy’s Blue Angels Different from the…
While offering different philosophies and emphasis, each routine requires pilots capable of bringing…
E-4B Nightwatch: The Doomsday Version of Air Force One
From the outside, the E-4B’s blue-and-white livery resembles that of Air Force One, the presidential…
How Does an Aircraft Carrier Store Its Planes?
Typically, only about half of the carrier’s aircraft remain below deck on the carrier deck. The rest…
XA-38 Grizzly: The “Forgotten Grandfather” of Modern…
Often called the “forgotten godfather” of modern ground attack planes such as the A-10 Thunderbolt…
Why Bell’s D-35 Rocket-Powered Interceptor Never Flew
Though it was canceled in 1946, the Bell D-35 legacy endures in aviation history as a bridge to…
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