XP-59A Airacomet: The First American Jet Began As A Secret Program
When the Bell XP-59A Airacomet came on the scene during World War II it was shrouded in secrecy and surrounded …
What Might Have Been
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 …
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 …
XF-11 Was Howard Hughes’ “Might Have Been” Reconnaissance Aircraft
On July 7, 1946, a young Marine on leave, Sgt. William Lloyd Durkin, was relaxing next door to an unoccupied …
Latest Edition of Defense Debuts at Sea-Air-Space Exposition: Digital Edition Available Now
The newest edition of Faircount Media Group’s Defense debuts at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space 2012 Exposition held April 16-18, at …
North American’s F-107 Was the “Ultra Sabre” and Perhaps the “Ultra Might-Have-Been”
On Sept. 10, 1956, test pilot Bob Baker took off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., to complete the maiden …
Brilliant Mistakes: The Bat Bomb
To advance military capabilities, nothing works better than an innovative idea that hasn’t been tried before – sometimes. Ever since …
Faircount Media Group Releases Defense Summer 2011 Edition
In the Summer 2011 Edition of Defense
Clarence A. Robinson interviews Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) about the defense budget, his …