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While the SR-71 Blackbird gets all the press, the rocket-powered X-15 has its own richly deserved place in the aviation history record books: on ...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – After losing the F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) contract, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet proposed a “Ferrari F-35″—a “fifth-generation plus”...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – Recent photos (May 22, 2025) show a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle test-flying with up to 42 AGR-20 APKWS II...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Northrop YF-23 “Black Widow II,” a prototype developed for the US Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter competition in the late...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Northrop F-89 Scorpion, the US Air Force’s first jet-powered interceptor and the first combat aircraft armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – A Boeing proposal once envisioned modifying the B-1B “Bone” Lancer bomber into a B-1R (“Regional”) variant, effectively transforming it into a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Boeing B-47 Stratojet, developed in the late 1940s as the first US jet-powered medium bomber, was a technological marvel featuring...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The A-12 Oxcart, developed by Lockheed’s Skunk Works for the CIA in the early 1960s, was the single-seat, Mach 3.29 (at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – In a potential conflict with peer adversaries like China or even Russia, the US Air Force’s B-1B Lancer bombers are expected...