Project Habakkuk Breaks the Ice at the Quebec Conference
In the summer of 1943, the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the United States and Great Britain had reached a …
In the summer of 1943, the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the United States and Great Britain had reached a …
The history of the U.S. Navy is replete with ships that were not built, finished, or commissioned. One only need …
Britain’s Martin-Baker MB 5 fighter could have been in service in time to fight in the skies over Germany.
But …
This story was originally published on July 2, 2014
The Royal Navy will formally name its newest aircraft carrier HMS …
Decades before the space shuttle, U. S. Air Force officers and scientists were working on the Dyna-Soar, a single-pilot, reusable …
It was going to be the biggest, fastest and most heavily armed fighter in the air. The North American F-108 …
The Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) was the U.S. Air Force’s most ambitious spaceflight program in the mid- to late- 1960s. …
In the 1950s, some in naval aviation believed that pure jet aircraft weren’t ready to operate from ships at sea. …
In the 1950s, the U. S. Navy saw itself being left out of all-important strategic bombing duties while the Air …
Today, the U.S. Marine Corps has the leading role in developing and fielding short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) warplanes like the …