Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
It first flew when Nixon was president — a bundle of gambles: fly-by-wire, the side-stick, the bubble canopy. Fifty years and 4,600 airframes later,...
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Dollars and Sense
Last year’s NDAA included right-to-repair provisions written into it by both the House and the Senate. However, those provisions were ultimately removed from the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
What It Took To Fly The SR-71 Blackbird, And All The Ways It Could Kill You: Only 93 Air Force pilots ever flew the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Many defense experts and military leaders widely believe that the U.S. Air Force is currently both too small and too old to confidently deter...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The SR-71 Blackbird Had a Strict Speed Limit. On One Flight Over Libya, Its Pilot Blew Right Past It
Summary and Key Points: Muammar Gaddafi had drawn a “line of death” across the Gulf of Sidra and swore to shoot down any aircraft...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: For the first time in history, all 22 National Guard generals who command America’s Air National Guard fighter squadrons have...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: When two American pilots ejected from their F-15Es over Iran and were pulled to safety, they survived something most people...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: DARPA and the U.S. Air Force are developing Next Generation Responsive Strike, a reusable hypersonic strike aircraft designed to fly...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: It first took off when Harry Truman was in the White House. It will still be flying combat missions in...