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The U-2 Dragon Lady is one of the most consequential planes ever built. Unfortunately, it’s also notoriously difficult to fly ...
In May 1960 an American U-2 spy plane flew over Russian missile sites. The US thought it was beyond the reach of Soviet air ...
The XF-108 was expected to be able to reach altitudes of 80,000 feet, which would have made the Rapier one of the ...
Declassified CIA documents finally lifted the lid about the activities that went on at Area 51, which led the secret Nevada ...
The U.S. government has tapped defense contractor L3Harris Technologies to overhaul a Boeing 747 formerly used by the Qatari ...
The tower was built when the Air Force took over the base in the 1950s. At the peak of the Cold War, multiple towers were located throughout the eastern US, but now, the Montauk tower is the only ...
Filipino and American troops rehearsed positioning the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System or NMESIS using a US Air Force C-130 aircraft as part of an island ... “We’re not here ...
The Air Force introduced the A-10 in 1977, and the aircraft experienced combat for the first time during the Gulf War. In March ... at my direction, the United States Air Force is moving forward ...
Visitors will be able to catch a display from Ready 4 Duty, a US Navy World War II-era aircraft operated by the Dallas-based Commemorative Air Force, who will be flying to pay tribute to the ...