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The 1950s Bomber That Will Outlast The Stealth Jet

The colossal B-52 Stratofortress, an aircraft designed in the 1950s, is slated to fly until the 2050s, easily out-serving its ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: The F-89J became the Air Defense Command’s first fighter-interceptor to carry nuclear armament. The all-weather, twin-engine Northrop F-89 Scorpion was the first ...
It takes determination and a lot of hard work, in addition to a serious effort scrounging parts, to rebuild a classic military aircraft. Tucked away in a hangar at Birchwood Airport such a project ...
When Lockheed designed the C-130 Hercules in the 1950s, a company engineer, Kelly Johnson, said they’d be lucky to sell a hundred. Out on the tarmac in Marietta, Georgia, Lockheed Martin’s Tony Frese, ...
The Midway-class aircraft carrier was instrumental in American naval operations around the world spanning from the end of ...
WASHINGTON -- Despite acquisition difficulties caused by an inter-service rivalry with the U.S. Air Force and the technological immaturity of the U.S. helicopter industrial sector, Army Aviation's ...
Until I heard from Carlos Gomez, I hadn’t given much thought to agricultural aviation, more commonly known as crop dusting, and its relation to the South Bay. Gomez mentioned his father Antonio once ...
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