Military Aviation

Throughout aviation history, giant transport aircraft have almost always been created to solve extraordinarily large logistical problems. The Antonov An-225 ...

Imagine a modern American military base in the Middle East. Around it is a network of radars, air-defense systems, airborne early-warning aircraft, fighters, ...

When the U.S. launched Operation Epic Fury, it seemed as though it would be a new generation of warfare—F-35s, precision strikes, and networked technologies. ...

Modern warfare increasingly resembles a strange clash between two worlds. On one hand, there’s the F-35, one of the most expensive aircraft in history. On ...

The development of the Korean KF-21 fighter jet has progressed fairly quickly by modern aviation standards, but until recently it remained in the usual ...

Sometimes the most interesting things don't happen during war. And in the sky, where no one is supposed to see them. Recent flights over the Mojave Desert ...

Sometimes the future doesn't look like a sleek airplane. It looks like a huge machine that isn't even supposed to fly. The Mi-6 is a perfect example. A ...

Sometimes the future doesn't look like a sleek airplane. It looks like a huge machine that isn't even supposed to fly. The Mi-6 is a perfect example. A ...

In the late 1940s, American engineers attempted to solve one of the major problems facing strategic aviation: how to protect heavy bombers from enemy fighters ...

In the late 1940s, American engineers attempted to solve one of the major problems facing strategic aviation: how to protect heavy bombers from enemy fighters ...