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…
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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…
The AH-64 Apache Has a New Mission Set: Anti-Drone…
Although the AH-64 Apache is not intended to be a counter-drone platform, it is important to have…
How Do Fighter Jet Ejection Seats Work?
To mitigate risk factors associated with ejection, engineers continue to refine ejection seat…
America’s F-15E Strike Eagles Are Gearing Up to Take on…
The US military configured the AGR-20F APKWS rocket to shoot down unmanned aerial systems as a…
The F-15 Eagle Just Might Be the Greatest Plane of All…
The F-15 Eagle is a dominant aircraft, unrivaled in air-to-air combat—still in active service, and…
The US Navy Is Retiring Its First F-35B Fighter Jet
The BF-01 aircraft soon to be put on display was actually the very first Lightning II to perform a…
Why Is the US Air Force’s “Next Generation Air…
The planned NGARS system would allow American aircraft to refuel in contested airspace—giving the US…
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