On April 14, 1943, Naval intelligence scored another code-breaking coup. The message began: “On April 18 CINC Combined Fleet will visit RXZ, R–, and RXP in accordance with the following …
During a media availability in Hawaii on Nov. 12, 2012, then-Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta was asked for his thoughts on the threat of sequestration to U.S. defense and …
Two huge, sleek, breathtaking Avro CF-105 Arrow interceptors are on the prowl over the western United States. One is a visitor from north of the border where the futuristic fighter …
One of the untold stories of early jet aviation is about the four Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star fighters that reached Europe as early as January 1945. German jets, in particular …
Boeing is continuing to refine its concept for a next-generation F/A-XX advanced jet fighter to follow the present-day F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Just in time for the Navy …
Lockheed Martin recently released this video of the first F-35B night vertical landing. For those who have seen night vision equipment imagery of Harriers performing vertical landings, this is an …
Aviation is one of the most competitive industries in history. Competitive fly-offs – head-to-head battles like that of the recent Joint Strike Fighter – have been used to determine which …
Nothing in 2012 consumed defense planners in the United States and abroad like America’s looming budget crisis. Programmed cuts to the world’s largest defense budget and the prospect of further …
Hans Guido Mutke loomed larger than life, say those who knew him. A very experienced but very junior German military pilot, Mutke flew the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) jet …
Airmen from bases in the United States are bolstering U.S. visibility in South Korea at a time when tensions on the Korean peninsula seem to be rising.
In what’s called …
