Production of the original Lockheed C-130 Hercules was succeeded by the updated Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules. In ...

During the Space Race, the Air Force sent an officer to sky dive from the edge of space for a science experiment.

Most dedicated ground attack aircraft of the Second World War were relatively slow and vulnerable to fighter attack but the ...

History is filled with military aircraft that looked like expensive miscalculations long before they ever saw combat.

The great war 2:18 Guns 3:43 Escaping Tragedy 5:25 Power (and engineering) 6:22 Pilot (Manfred Von Richthofen) 7:05 Range 7:32 Evolution (Speed) 9:31 Faster is Better (The beginning of WWII) 11:13 The ...

Throughout U.S. military history, a small number of aircraft have done something more disruptive than outperform their ...

One hundred seventy-seven B-24 Liberators took off from Libya on August 1, 1943, bound for the Romanian oil refineries at ...

Fort Rosecrans is best known as a place of remembrance — but it has also, briefly and intentionally, become part of San Diego’s film history.

On January 15, 1937, the Beechcraft Model 18 made its first flight, launching one of the most successful twin-engine ...

The aircraft was previously slated for delivery between 2031 and 2032, but that production has been rapidly accelerated.

A $1.5 trillion defense budget is a prudent and reasonable re-leveling of defense investment in historical proportion of GDP, ...

Aviation and history buffs and their families, will enjoy a visit to the retired U.S. aircraft carrier Midway in San Diego, ...