The U-2 Dragon Lady is one of the most consequential planes ever built. Unfortunately, it’s also notoriously difficult to fly ...

Countering the problem, Penney argues, will require adding new pilots to the Air Force, incentivizing current pilots to remain with the force, and adding new aircraft. During the Cold War ...

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 ...

Ever since the end of the Cold War, budget reductions have significantly eroded Air Force aircraft inventories. Fighters and bombers are down by over half and mobility forces are too small.

Whether the strange sightings are classified as 'drones' or 'unidentified aerial phenomena' (UAP), government officials are ...

The F-106 performed well, with Mach 2.3 speed, a 57,000-foot service ceiling, and a 29,000-foot per minute climbing rate. Yet ...

a nuclear 'gravity bomb' that was originally slated to go into production for the US Air Force in 2026. Gravity bombs are literally what they sound like, a bomb dropped from a military plane which ...

An artist rendering of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Platform, the U.S. Air Force’s sixth ... crisis of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States outnumbered the ...

For the Air Force, it was a horrific disaster that occurred shortly after the takeoff of a plane tapped for Operation Sleighride, which brought servicemembers who fought in the Korean War back ...

This is a problem that occurred when, after the Cold War, we went through the peace dividend ... They’re not being bought right now as a program of record for the United States Air Force. Any aircraft ...

In the Blackbird’s 24 years of active Air Force service, its operational capabilities positioned the plane at the forefront of surveillance during the height of the cold war. Dane Penland / NASM ...