It was December 27, 1992, Lieutenant Colonel Gary North didn’t want the Iraqis to pass the no-fly zone on the Kuwait border. The area was called “The Box, “a restricted area implemented by the UN to protect Iraqi civilians and neighboring Kuwait from the abuses of Saddam Hussein. As North led his squadron, he was […] More
The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne was poised to be the most advanced thing. It was a revolutionary attack helicopter killed by politics. Background The AH-56 Cheyenne was the end result of a long line of development with numerous precursor technologies and prototypes all playing a contributing role to this monumental aircraft. With all the resources Lockheed […] More
The North American X-15 rocket-powered aircraft project was widely known for bridging the gap between human-crewed flight within and beyond the bounds of the Earth. Its most recognizable mission was flight number 90, a test flight done by the Air force and NASA. A Hypersonic Rocket Plane In the 1950’s NASA’s predecessor, the national advisory […] More
X-51 Waverider The Waverider is Boeing’s unmanned experimental scramjet aircraft designed to reach hypersonic speeds of Mach 5 at 70,000 feet. It measured 25 feet in length and was powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne SJY61 scramjet engine and an MHM-140 ATACMS rocket booster. The aircraft performed its first successful flight test on May […] More
The Purple Heart Corner On December 20, 1943, Lt. Charles Brown of the USAF was in command of the B-17 bomber ‘Ye Olde Pub” when he and his 10-man crew were assigned to a 500-plane bombing mission to attack an airplane factory in Bremen, Germany. They were informed that they might encounter hundreds of German […] More
In 1967, during one of the tensest periods of the Cold War, a US satellite captured images of a giant object that was approximately 325 feet long. Initially, the US thought it was some kind of rig or platform, but further surveillance shows that it was a Soviet aircraft unlike anything seen in the West. […] More
We’ve all seen our fair share of deadly military aircraft throughout multiple wars. In this video, AmazingViz shows us the most feared and deadly aircraft during its service. Here are the most notable aircraft in every conflict: World War I 1. Fokker E.I Eindekker – The Royal Flying Corps lost 120 planes during the 2nd […] More
1. The B-24 was developed in 1938 by Consolidated Aircraft Consolidated Aircraft, a Lockheed Martin legacy company, designed the iconic American heavy bomber. It was called “Model 32” within the company circles and featured a ‘modern’ design with its highly efficient Davis wing. 2. A total of 18,482 Liberators were produced, more than any other […] More
It was the summer of 1914 and Europe was deeply engulfed in war. The German Empire, with a secure foothold on the Belgian coast, could easily deploy U-boats and destroyers across the English channel bypassing the Royal Grand Fleet in the North Sea. After years of debate, the Royal Navy then decided to launch an […] More
The YB-40 was a modified version of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that was designed to serve as a bomber escort during WWII. However, despite its potential, the YB-40 proved to be largely ineffective, and here are five reasons why: Lack of Speed The YB-40 was slower than the bombers it was designed to escort, […] More
The CANT Z.506 was a multi-role aircraft produced by the Italian manufacturer Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini during the 1930s and 1940s. Here are ten facts about this unique aircraft: Originally designed as a commercial airliner but was adapted for military use during WWII Its military variant proved to be a respectable floatplane that served […] More
Why was the Zumwalt Destroyer program canceled? We dig deeper into what led to the cost overruns causing the US government to cancel it. History Zumwalt was envisioned in 1994 as a part of the SC-21rd program with a mission to design 21st-century land attack ships for the US Navy. The Zumwalt class was supposed […] More
