Category: !USA
Douglas B-66 Destroyer – A Bomber that Never Actually Destroyed Anything
The Douglas B-66 Destroyer was a highly valuable asset during the Vietnam War. Built during the 1950s, the aircraft would eventually become a productiRead More…
MYSTERIOUS STEALTHY SHAPE THAT RESEMBLES FUTURE FIGHTER CONCEPTS SPOTTED AT RADAR TEST RANGE
The apparent low-observable aircraft test shape appeared in broad daylight at Lockheed Martin’s Helendale radar cross-section measurement range.Read More…
America’s Mach 3 SUPER-BOMBER – and World’s Only
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was the largest and fastest bomber ever built by the United States, but the massive six-engine Mach 3.0-capable jet Read More…
Here’s Evolved SeaSparrow Missile designed to counter supersonic maneuvering anti-ship missiles
Here’s Evolved SeaSparrow Missile designed to counter supersonic maneuvering anti-ship missilesThe RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) is a deveRead More…
Wheels on Water – The Slow, Ugly, and Incredibly Successful Consolidated PBY Catalina
The Consolidated PBY Catalina, or Pigboat, was one of the most versatile and effective multi-role aircraft of World War II.Although this flying amphibRead More…
Operation Sunshine – Breaking the North Pole
USS Nautilus was the first operational nuclear-powered submarine and shared its name with Jules Verne’s classic novel, ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues UnRead More…
Making a Naval F-15 to Rival the F-14 and this happened…
Top Gun was filmed on the F-14 and the F-14 is the star of the film. But the F-15 was a contender. Where was at the time a possibility that the F-15 ERead More…
Nike-Hercules – US’s Surface To Air Missile with Nuclear Warheads.
From 1958 to 1979 there were nuclear tipped surface to air missile stationed across the US, ready to defend the country against massed squadrons of SoRead More…
What if the US Just Gave Up and Nuked Vietnam? Operation Duck Hook
When Richard Nixon became president in 1969, the Vietnam War was in its 14th year, and the recent Paris peace negotiations with North Vietnam had not Read More…
We Have No Idea What it Really Looks Like, but it has Already Flown – Next Gen Air Dominance Fighter
A modern and innovative fighter jet featuring the most advanced technology available in the 21st century was designed, built, and flown in the span ofRead More…
NEW UNMANNED LOYAL WINGMAN DESIGN JET EMERGES
The two secretive Model 401 “Son of Ares” jets may now get offspring of their own, as well as the ability to be optionally manned themselves.Read More…
US Air Force Inspect World Largest $200 Million Drone
Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a feature on a few of the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) in the Department of Defense’s inventory, including thRead More…
