Military aircraft design has long been a crucible for innovation and radical thinking. Strategic stakes often hinged on the ...

Discover some prominent but rare aircraft, which small fleets has played vital roles.

Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in the conflict, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.

The continent of Europe has created some of the most capable military aircraft in history, indeed the first combat action by an aeroplane was in Italian service. In the First World War, all of the ...

The Vintage Aviation Museum exists to preserve historic aircraft and just as importantly, the stories behind them.

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Germany produced three outstanding modern airliners in the interwar period: the Junkers Ju 52, Junkers Ju 86 and Focke-Wulf ...

F-22 production stopped at 187 aircraft and B-2 at 21 bombers due to extreme procurement and development costs. Specialized interceptors like the MiG-25 and F-106 lost relevance when strategic ...

Boeing is best recognized by the general public today for its giant commuter jets (as well as more than a few in-air mishaps with the 737 Max of late), and more entartaining projects like building a ...

Surface-to-air missiles invalidated speed and altitude as reliable survivability strategies faster than planners anticipated. Interceptor missions vanished as strategic threats shifted from bombers to ...

The F-16 plays a leading role in the defense of the Lower 48, while a different range of aircraft are used to patrol Alaska.

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