Military / Defense

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

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

V/STOL Aircraft, Designs and Concepts

Vertical and/or Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) is a term used to describe aircraft that are able to take-off or…

February 22, 2015

Project Silver Bug

Background Project Silver Bug was the American "Black" project version of the Avro Aircraft Canada Y-2 undertaken by the United…

February 22, 2015

MC-130H Combat Talon

The Combat Talon was initially developed between December 1964 and January 1967 by Lockheed Air Services (LAS) at Ontario, California,…

February 21, 2015