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Full circle: Why Boeing had to buy back a Missouri supplier it sold off in 2001
The Columbian· 5 days agoIn 2000, just three years after acquiring St. Louis defense contractor McDonnell Douglas, Boeing...
Procurement: The Last MiG-21s in Europe
Strategy Page· 3 days agoMay 31, 2023: East European NATO member Romania finally retired the last of its MiG-21 fighters in May 2023. This ended the nearly 70 years of MiG-21 use by European nations ...
US Air Force Secretary Kendall flies in cockpit of plane controlled by AI
AOL· 5 days agoU.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall rode in the cockpit of a fighter jet on Friday, which flew over the desert in California and was controlled by artificial ...
Naval Air: China Achieves Night Trap
Strategy Page· 5 days agoJune 10, 2018: A Chinese aviator, flying a Chinese made J-15 fighter, made the first night landing on a carrier. A Chinese aviator made the first daytime landing and takeoff ...
Leadership: The Iraqi F-16 Fail
Strategy Page· 2 days agoFebruary 19, 2021: In January 2021 the Iraqi Air Force was ordered to get as many of their 34 F-16IQ fighters into the air as possible for a fly by during ...
Where to See World War II Aircraft Up Close
Smithsonian Magazine· 21 hours agoWorld War II witnessed technological leaps in aircraft design and performance that recast the nature of air warfare. Wood-and-fabric biplanes were...
Warplanes: MiGs Strive to Survive
Strategy Page· 3 days agoJanuary 12, 2024: Before Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, Ukraine wanted F-16s because it had done what it could with its MiG-29s, heavy combat losses meant replacements ...
Russian plane intercepted near NATO country
Newsweek· 3 days agoA Russian Federation aircraft was intercepted Monday by Poland's Armed Forces, according to a post on X, formerly Twitter, by the Polish RSZ Operational...
U.S. Military Is Using Laser Weapons In Battle
Forbes· 4 days agoThe United States military has invested tens of billions of dollars over a half-century in the research and development of directed energy weapons. The...
How Lockheed Martin Crushed Its Q1 Earnings Report
Motley Fool via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoProfits grew in each of these three units, with the biggest improvement seen in space (profits up 16%) and rotary -- profits up 25%. Aeronautics was the...
