Background The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is a single-engine, high-altitude aircraft flown by the United States Air Force and…
Background The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force…
Background An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an unpiloted aircraft. UAVs come in two varieties: some are controlled from a…
Background According to Wikipedia: The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is a heavy bomber aircraft under development by Northrop Grumman. As…
Introduction Excerpt from the document: This document contains papers related to the NACA Conference on "The Turbojet Engine for Supersonic…
Background In the 1960s, U-2s could not reach certain remote targets because political difficulties prevented basing the aircraft in some…
Background The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was a supersonic, medium-range interdictor and tactical attack aircraft that also filled the roles…
Background Project Pluto was a United States government program to develop nuclear powered ramjet engines for use in cruise missiles.…
Background Looking Glass (or Operation Looking Glass) is the code name for an airborne command and control center operated by…
Advanced Propulsion Study Background This study was tasked with the purpose of conducting a thorough literature and program search to…