Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Tupolev Tu-95, known to NATO as the “Bear,” is one of the most recognizable military aircraft ever built. First flown in 1952 and...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber has a 140-foot wingspan. The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has a 172-foot wingspan. The B-21 is...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress pilots performed 70-degree banks during mid-air refueling as part of the “Whifferdill” maneuver. The Whifferdill is a multi-axis maneuver...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force resurrected 2 B-52 Stratofortress bombers from the Boneyard in the Arizona desert. B-52H “Ghost Rider” tail number 61-0007 was resurrected...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Air Force commissioned the XB-70 Valkyrie in the late 1950s to drop nuclear bombs from Mach 3 at 70,000 feet. North American Aviation...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s H-20 stealth bomber program remains shrouded in secrecy. No prototype has been publicly displayed. No first flight has been confirmed. Yet the Pentagon’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On March 27, 1999, during NATO’s Operation Allied Force, Serbian air defenses shot down a U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter over Yugoslavia....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s emerging 6th-generation stealth aircraft, designated J-36, has now appeared in public photography twice. The first set of images surfaced on Chinese social media...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On January 17, 1966, a U.S. Air Force B-52G strategic bomber from Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina — flying Operation Chrome Dome, a...