The US Air Force's Top 10 Military Aircraft By Fleet Size
ROLLING THUNDER's op-tempo was so high that it required 114 aircraft, 196 (4-man) aircrews, flying 130 sorties per day, seven ...
Skyraider Returns: Why The US Has Resurrected The Vietnam-Era Combat Plane Name
Michael Conley, head of the Air Force Special Operations Command, announced in March 2025 that the newly developed OA-1K ...
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Vietnam's fighter jets rehearse for 50th reunification anniversary parade
Dozens of Su-30MK2 and Yak-130 fighter jets, along with Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters, are undergoing training in preparation ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
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A-10 vs. YA-9: The Fight for the Perfect Close-Air Support Plane
The Air Force’s decision to award the contract to Fairchild Republic—which went on to build the A-10 Warthog—proved to be one of the greatest decisions Pentagon acquisitions experts have ever made.
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Why Did a South Vietnamese Fighter Bomb the South Vietnamese Presidential Palace?
Near the end of the war in Vietnam, an American-built Northrop F-5 fighter in South Vietnamese markings dropped bombs on the South Vietnamese Independence ...
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The Time Cessna Almost Won the Vietnam War
In the midst of the Vietnam War, an unexpected player emerged – the Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, affectionately known as the S ...
What Was The First Jet Bomber In The USAF?
While many know the decorated service history of the B-52 Stratofortress, its predecessor paved the way for stealthy, ...
How Many F-15 Eagles Are Still In Service?
In 1965, the USAF initiated the Fighter Experimental (FX) program to replace the venerable F-4 Phantom; the F-15 Eagle’s development resulted from this. The FX program would likely have started ...
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Major Buang-Ly’s Great Escape
As South Vietnam collapsed under the onslaught of communist forces, one South Vietnamese pilot made a brave and daring escape ...
Mystery of flight that vanished during secret mission still remains unsolved 63 years on
The sleek aircraft chartered by the US military vanished over a vast expanse of the Pacific as it headed to the Philippines ...
Black Medal of Honor recipient deleted from Pentagon website, then restored
Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Nixon in 1970 for actions during the Vietnam ...