The Messerschmitt Me 262 Jet Fighter
The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (“Swallow”), also called the Sturmvogel (“Stormbird”) in its fighter-bomber version, was the world’s first operational …
Fighter Aircraft
The Grumman XF10F-1 Jaguar
The Grumman XF10F-1 Jaguar fighter of the 1950s would have been a brilliant mistake if the thinking behind it had …
F-35B Flies With External Stores
Lockheed Martin recently released this video of the F-35B variant carrying external stores. Prominent among them is the stealthy centerline …
Book Review – Thunderbolts of the Hell Hawks, by Don Barnes, John Crump, and Roy Sutherland
Once in a while, a book will capture your attention not because it’s educational, not because it’s entertaining, but because …
Messerschmitt’s P.1101 Never Flew, but Influenced Aviation for Decades
When American tanks rolled into Oberammergau in Bavaria on April 29, 1945, the war had not yet ended and the …
Chuck Gumm, the First Mustang Ace in the War Against Germany
First Lt. Charles F. Gumm, Jr. looked out from his cockpit, scanned the sky and scanned again.
He was called …
F-15C/D Eagle Upgrades Are ‘A Moving Target’
The U.S. Air Force won’t be putting any more F-15 Eagles out to pasture.
This report covers the F-15C/D fighters …
Nation Loses an ‘Acutely Competitive’ Air Ace
When retired Lt. Col. Donald S. “Don” Bryan, 90, died on May 15 near his home in Adel, Ga., the …
Checkmates Super Hornets Aboard the USS Enterprise
The Fighting Checkmates of VFA-211 wring out their Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets during flight operations in this Boeing Company video …
Marine Corps Aviation Centennial: A Century of Innovation
First Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham became the first Marine to enter the world of aeronautics when he arrived at the …