The Aviationist on MSN4d
F-22 Pilots Compete for Revived Mitchell Trophy Air Race, with a Focus on ACE
Revived after nearly 89 years, the historic Mitchell Trophy Air Race returned with a modern twist as the U.S. Air Force incorporated Agile Combat ...
Simple Flying6d
10 Military Aviation Movies Featuring Real Aircraft
From dogfights in World War I to supersonic fighter jets, these movies depict ... the dawn of aerial combat on screen using real flying aircraft instead of scale models. In an era with no surviving ...
ZME Science on MSN11h
The US Air Force Just Unveiled Its First Unmanned Fighter Drones
The “Y” in YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A indicate their prototype status, while “FQ” designates them as unmanned fighter aircraft. The ...
Europe and Canada are eyeing alternatives to American-made fighter jets. Here’s why
Questions are mounting in Canada and in Europe over whether big-ticket purchases of high-end U.S. weaponry — such as the F-35 ...
How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
Navy Times on MSN17h
The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
FLYING Magazine on MSN5d
Dutch Fokker D.VII Fighter Looted During WWII to Be Returned
Eight decades after a Dutch Fokker D.VII Fighter was looted by Nazis, the World War I-era fighter biplane is set to return to ...
The Independent3d
Canada to review the purchase of F-35 fighter planes in light of Trump trade war
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked his defense minister to review the purchase of America’s F-35 fighter jet to ... of funds for the first 16 aircraft. But Canada agreed to ...