The Cold War was at its coldest in the 1960s, with the United States and the Soviet Union each engaged in massive military…
If you ask me, World War II’s coolest airplane is the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. It looks like something a kid might have doodled…
In late August 1972, a KC-135 responded to a “mayday” call from a heavily damaged F-4D Phantom rapidly losing fuel. The tanker turned…
A Cessna O-2’s night reconnaissance mission turned tragic on Christmas Day, 1967. Near the Demilitarized Zone, Maj. Jerry Sellers (pilot) and Capt. Richard…
While many aviation museums may display a Boeing B-29 Superfortress or B-17 Flying Fortress or even a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, very few possess…
If Hollywood ever gets around to making a movie about “Scrappy” Blumer, the plot won’t need any embellishment. In fact, scriptwriters might have…
Defector pilot Viktor Belenko, who hijacked the MiG-25, died in the USA at the age of 76 Defector pilot Viktor Belenko, who hijacked…
The Leduc 022’s Origins In the world of aviation, some designs stand out for their revolutionary vision, and the Leduc 022 is a…
The Heinkel He 219 was a twin-engine night fighter used by the Luftwaffe in the later stages of World War II. 1 History…
By Michelle Shocklee Albert Chaparro, US Army Air Corp, 1942 I'm currently in the middle of researching a new time-slip novel that will,…
The Tupolev airliner rolled to a stop in Moscow on August 19, 1955. Aboard was KGB agent Evgeny Brik, back home for a…
As France began to recover from World War II, its once-formidable aviation industry was revived just as the jet age was forcing a…