Brilliant Mistakes: The Bat Bomb
To advance military capabilities, nothing works better than an innovative idea that hasn’t been tried before – sometimes. Ever since …
Aerospace
Global Hawk Operations in the Spotlight at AUVSI North America 2011
This week’s Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) North America 2011 (August 16 – 19, Washington D.C. Convention Center) …
High Flight: The Most Famous Aviation Poem Is Born
“An aeroplane is not to us a weapon of war, but a flash of silver slanting the skies; the hum …
F-4 Phantom II 50th Anniversary | Photos
At a time when jet aircraft were said to lack character in comparison to their piston-engined forbears, the F-4 Phantom …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: Lean Years and War
The Great Depression of the 1930s hindered the development of naval aviation, but a few stalwart pioneers – Lt. John …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: New Naval Air Pioneers
While Theodore G. “Spuds” Ellyson worked with Glenn H. Curtiss, the Wright brothers mentored others. In June 1913, Towers was …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: A Towering Figure
With air ace David S. Ingalls (a naval aviation pioneer who followed Theodore G. “Spuds” Ellyson) away at law school …
Naval Aviation Through the Decades: The Beginning
With his red hair and freckled face, Theodore G. “Spuds” Ellyson could be likeable. “[He] will stop at nothing in …
Book Review – Predator: The Remote-Control Air War Over Iraq and Afghanistan: A Pilot’s Story
At the start of Predator: The Remote-Control Air War over Iraq and Afghanistan: A Pilot’s Story, U.S. Air Force Lt. …
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Publication Released
The second volume in a series of milestone publications for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter has just been …