The Blohm und Voss P.170
So was it a brilliant mistake or was it just a mistake?
The Blohm und Voss P.170 fighter-bomber of 1942 …
Aerospace
China’s Eagle Strike-Eight Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles: Designation Confusion and the Family Members from YJ-8 to YJ-8A
With the arguments over disputed islands and reefs in the South and East China Seas getting louder and louder, it …
T-38 Replacement Moves Ahead, But Without Funding
For three days, Jan. 29-31, 2013, industry reps and U.S. Air Force officials convened in intense and cordial meetings at …
A Very Short History of Postwar Military Airships
When the U.S. Navy disbanded the last of its blimp fleet in 1962, it marked the end of the first …
The New Age of Military Airships Isn’t Likely to Last Very Long
To anyone at all passionate about airships, New Jersey’s Lakehurst Naval Air Station is Jerusalem. Birthplace and home to the …
Vultee P-66 Vanguard
The P-66 Vanguard looked right. It looked like exactly the kind of World War II fighter that might have won …
X-47B UCAS Deck-handling Testing Success
December’s first at-sea test of the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS-D) was historic, but in a way, it was …
Air Force Social Media
How the uniformed services and other major U.S. government agencies deal with both private and official use of social networks …
LAS Program Can Go Ahead, But Future Is Unclear
The U.S. Air Force would like to begin the New Year by breathing new life into its Light Air Support …
True Airpower Can’t Co-exist With ‘Jointness’
In a perfect world that exists only in my imagination, U.S. leaders in Washington would recognize that air power is …