NASA to bring back to fly SR-71 Blackbird? 27 years after it was retired, one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft may soon fly again.

The F-4E Phantom II fighter bomber is essentially an F-4D with improved J79-GE-17 engines (900 pounds more static sea level thrust each) and an M61A1 “Vulcan” 20mm cannon. Operational experience ...

During the second half of 1955 the USAF had re-equipped their main strategic ELINT unit, the 55 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (SRW), based a Forbes AFB, Kansas, with the specially-modified RB-47H ...

The Tupolev Tu-95 (Russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: “Bear”) is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service ...

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III in the Air Park at the National Museum of the US Air Force. After completing the extensive C-17 flight test program, T-1 supported many other flight and propulsion test ...

During the early war years the Bf 109 was one of the world’s finest single seat fighters. Its basic design provided the potential for it to take new engines and armament so that it remained the ...

Introduced to replace slower piston-engined cargo planes such as the C-124 Globemaster II, the C-141 was designed to requirements set in 1960 and first flew in 1963. Production deliveries of an ...

The F/A-18 Hornet became the US’ first all-weather fighter and attack aircraft, and was designed for traditional strike applications such as interdiction and close air support without compromising its ...

Aircraft carriers are the centerpiece of America’s Naval forces – the most adaptable and survivable airfields in the world. On any given day, Sailors aboard an aircraft carrier and its air wing come ...

As reported by the Carswell Sentinel, a squadron-based newspaper at Carswell Air Force Base (AFB) [Carswell AFB is no more, it’s now Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, Ft. Worth] in February 1977 ...