Aviation Features

President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. […]

A stealth aircraft is an aircraft which has been designed to absorb and deflect radar by using stealth technology, making them harder to detect than conventional aircraft. […]

Blackstar, is the reported codename of a secret United States orbital spaceplane system. The possible existence of the Blackstar program was reported in March 2006 by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. […]

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces. […]

Lt. Winston Scott, an experienced Naval aviator with more than 900 hours in the F/A-18C, smiles as he climbs down from his F-16 Fighting Falcon. Scott has just completed his first solo flight in a Navy F-16. […]

Approximately 18,500 military personnel from thirty-seven countries are stationed in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF. […]

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft. It is highly maneuverable and has proven itself in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. […]

The F-15E Strike Eagle is a dual-role fighter designed to perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. […]

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), commonly called Star Wars after the popular science fiction movies of the time, was proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983 […]

It is one thing to see a fifth-generation fighter from afar. It is quite another to see one close up. […]