Aircraft / Air Force History

B-2 “Stealth Bomber”

The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (also known as the Stealth Bomber) is a multirole heavy bomber with "low observable" stealth…

February 23, 2015

F-117 “Stealth Fighter”

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a stealth ground attack aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force. The F-117A's…

February 23, 2015

MiG 23 (Russian)

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23  is a swing-wing fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered…

February 23, 2015

F-22 “Raptor”

The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology. It is primarily an air superiority…

February 23, 2015

Misc. Aviation Documents

The following is a list of misc. documents pertaining to military aircraft.  In a way, these still have to be…

February 23, 2015

Parasite Aircraft

A parasite aircraft is an aircraft which is carried, and air launched by, a mother ship aircraft. Below, you will…

February 23, 2015

Boeing X-20 “Dyna-Soar”

The X-20 Dyna-Soar ("Dynamic Soarer") was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to develop a spaceplane that could be…

February 23, 2015

Bell X-5

Background The Bell X-5 was the first aircraft capable of changing the sweep of its wings in flight. It was…

February 23, 2015

USAF Southeast Asia Monographs

This series documents important aspects of the war in Southeast Asia. Originally published by the Airpower Research Institute at Maxwell…

February 22, 2015

Weapon System 118P

On 4 January 1955 the USAF issued Systems Requirement SR-12 for the Weapons System WS-118P high-speed reconnaissance vehicle. Range was…

February 22, 2015