On November 26. 2022, the Gerald R. Ford-class vessel proved her worth as the most sophisticated carrier in the world after a successful NATO exercise with Allied Nations. In fact, the Navy wants to replace its Nimitz-class carriers with the Gerald R. Ford class in the following decade and expects it to serve past 2100. […] More
The RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK is the US’ biggest unmanned aerial vehicle, and the Air Force’s go-to eye in the sky. It’s a high altitude long endurance and remotely piloted aircraft featuring an integrated sensor suite that gives an all-weather, day or night intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance also known as ISR capability. Specifications The fuselage uses […] More
On July 8, 2022, an F-18 Super Hornet was swept out from the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman, causing a 60-million-dollar aircraft to sink at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. A Rare Incident On July 8, 2022, a strange incident happened. An F-18 Super Hornet was blown away from the USS Harry […] More
Ever wondered which plane was shot down the most by the Luftwaffe in World War II? How about the other 19 most shot-down Allied planes? According to some sources, the Luftwaffe claimed just shy of 68,000 Allied aircraft were destroyed. Although this list is by no means perfect, it gives you a good idea of […] More
The BV 238 flying transport floatplane was the biggest aircraft built by the Axis power during World War II and also was the heaviest up to 1944. Concerned that Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officials can leave the country before they can be captured, the Allied leaders are set on destroying the plane that […] More
On June 19, 1944, when the First Battle of the Philippine Sea was raging on, Lieutenant Alex Vraciu aboard his Grumman F6F Hellcat, spotted a formation of Japanese dive bombers bound for a carrier. He intercepted three hostile formations at full speed, tearing them with his six .50-caliber machine guns, and one by one, they […] More
In 1940, Robert Jean Marie de La Rochefoucauld fed France to escape the Gestapo forces. He would then come back three years later, becoming a lethal French resistance operative trained by the British to do sabotage and reconnaissance missions on enemy territory, and would become the greatest French saboteur. Escaping France After France fell in […] More
The sudden leap in aviation technology during World War I and the onset of World War II led the Royal Air Force (RAF) to believe that any future conflict could be won by air supremacy alone. On December 1939, 22 Vickers Wellington bombers were sent to the sheltered German area in the North Sea. Allied […] More
The Brewster Buffalo is known to be one of the worst, if not the worst aircraft used in World War II. While the Buffalo had its drawbacks, it was also the victim of poor timing, company mismanagement, and the air staff’s obsession to put as many extras into it. Origins The Buffalo’s origins can […] More
During World War II, 98-year-old Dick Miralles served as a gunner on the SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber in the Pacific Theater. He’s the last surviving member of Air Group 11 and still has his logbook up to this day. He also gets to be a tail gunner again in his SBD Dauntless for the first […] More
With advanced new fighters being introduced, it seems clear that the US is moving further away from dogfighting platforms, doubling down on beyond-visual range engagements. But for many, it feels like Déjà vu. After all, didn’t the Americans already learn this lesson in Vietnam? A Thing of the Past America prizes air superiority in its […] More
The Dornier 335 was a heavy fighter built for Germany during the Second World War. Today, we’ll be exploring the story of the quickest aircraft the Nazis have ever built: Origins Claude Dornier was a German aircraft designer and engineer known for his unusual taste in aircraft designs. While he gained fame with his more […] More
