On 11 November 1956, the prototype of the Convair B-58 Hustler performed its maiden flight. It was the world’s first operational supersonic strategic bomber and a product of early Cold War ambitions. The origins of […]
On 24th January 1961, a B-52 Stratofortress broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina, dropping two Mark 39 nuclear bombs it carried. On that day in January of 1961, the B-52G Stratofortress 58-0187 of […]
The F-16 Fighting Falcon, one of the most widely used jet fighters in the world, emerged from the Lightweight Fighter (LWF) evaluation programme, launched by the United States Air Force (USAF) in the late 1960s. […]
At the end of November 2024, the tech guru and entrepreneur Elon Musk – and probably the future head of the new US Department of Government Efficiency – posted a series of messages on X […]
Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational bomber in the world capable of Mach 2 maximum speed. Development and construction of two prototypes was performed in accordance with the highest security standards. Neither the shape […]
In the first week of September 2024, F-35 Lightning II of the United States Air Force and the Eurofighter EF-2000 of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) combat aircraft performed their first highway landing operations. That […]
On 24th August 2024, this year´s edition of Pacific Angel exercise began at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The training is being led by US Indo-Pacific Command with participation of the United States Air Force, […]
On 6th August 2024, the USAF personnel assigned to the 6th Air Refuelling Wing and the 6th Civil Engineer Squadron, performed a foreign object debris walk at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The service […]
21st July 2024 marked the first ever deployment of the USAF strategic bombers to Romania. On that day, two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, […]
At the end of April of 2024, the United States Air Force (USAF) awarded Boeing a contract to produce seven more MH-139A Grey Wolf rotorcraft. The agreement is worth 178 million USD and includes delivery, […]
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