Israel Provided Critical Intelligence That Allowed The U.S. To Track The Movements Of Soliemani Israel’s former military intelligence chief says the country was involved in the American airstrike that killed View More ›
Israeli Airstrike Craters Damascus Airport, One Syrian Soldier Killed
An alleged airstrike by Israel has targeted areas of the Damascus, Syria airport and resulted in one Syrian soldier having been killed according to SANA the Syrian state-run media channel. View More ›
How High-Octane Gasoline Saved Untold Allied Pilots During WWII
The group of Luftwaffe Bf-109 fighters passed high above the English channel at 38,000 feet. At that altitude, they were almost invisible to the naked eye and had little to View More ›
The Top 5 American Fighter Planes of WWII With the Most Kills
World War II still fascinates many people today. It was the bloodiest and most devastating war the world has ever seen. War tends to bring out the worst in mankind, View More ›
Breaking the Sound Barrier – Chuck Yeager, the Father of Mach Speed
Way back in 1947, the same year the U.S. Air Force was born, a young captain strapped himself into an “airplane,” and, for 20 glorious seconds, flew faster than the View More ›
Happy Birthday, Air Force! You’re Old!
September 18th marks the 74th birthday of the United States Air Force. Or, at least, the 74th anniversary of the adoption papers being signed. The Air Force’s Conception When View More ›
A Bridge Too Far: Operation Market Garden Begins on September 17, 1944
On September 17, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden, a bold and dangerous operation they had hoped would catapult their armies across the Rhine, into the heart of Germany, View More ›
Major Richard Bong, America’s Ace of Aces
Richard Ira Bong was rightly nicknamed America’s “Ace of Aces” during World War II. He is credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft during combat while flying a P-38 Lightning View More ›
The Venerable B-52 Bomber: Why the Air Force Just Can’t Let Go
Before Americans had the ability to watch color television, the Air Force had the ability to drop nukes on the Russians and fly back home, thanks in large part to View More ›
C-130 Hercules, a Staple of American Air Power, First Flew This Day 67 Years Ago
In the early 1950s, the aviation industry was gaga over jets. The U.S. Air Force was no different, looking for high-speed, high-performance jet aircraft that could go toe-to-toe with the View More ›