After World War Two, Convair developed a massive piston powered transport based on the B 36 that evolved into a civilian airliner proposal larger than anything of its era. The Model 37 featured two ...

A "Broken Arrow" is the term that the military uses for when it loses a nuclear weapon, and yes it has happened often enough ...

Size matters. From a fighter jet smaller and lighter than a SUV to a flying machine three times longer than a Boeing 747, ...

The Douglas C-54 Skymaster departed Anchorage on January 26, 1950, carrying 42 service members and Joyce Espe—a pregnant ...

An important part of data collection for the United States space program, the North American X-15 had astonishing performance utilizing the technology of the 1950s and 60s. The North American X-15 was ...

Conceived not long after the first Chevy small blocks hit American streets, the RL10 was the type of rocket engine you could ...

The US Air Force funding will cover integration and testing of the Rolls-Royce F130 powerplant on two B-52H aircraft, marking ...

The supposed third J-36 prototype emerged exactly a year after the first one was spotted in024. Chinese military aviation ...

Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, the future home of the B-21 nuclear-capable bomber, has upgraded its runway as part of preparations for the stealth aircraft's arrival. The base, originally ...

The US Air Force has awarded Boeing Defense Systems a task order valued at $2.04bn for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement ...

The United States nuclear-capable bomber fleet saw its capabilities bolstered when a B-2 stealth aircraft—the same type used to strike Iran in June—that was significantly damaged in an incident four ...

In the late 1940s, GE introduced the J-47 gas turbine engine, which became the most-produced jet engine of the early jet age, ...