The Vietnam War took a heavy toll on U.S. fighter aircraft. The American wartime experience, which saw large, lumbering, third-generation jets underperform in visual range dogfights with North Vietnamese fighter jets, resulted in fighters like the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which debuted in 1978....
Comments on the growing need for family counselling of United States armed forces stationed in Europe following the Vietnam war. Cause and impact of the strained family relations; Efforts by the Air For...
Here are the GB-specific criteria: Build a jet aircraft from one of the countries listed as a member of the organisations below during their relevant stay in that pact. NATO and Warsaw pact. Note the dates at which countries joined. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War#/media/File:NATO...
WHEN THE WAR in Vietnam ended in the mid 1970s, the idea of stealth was born. This sci-fi concept would see aircraft absorb radar or deflect it in a way where there would be little or no return, rendering an aircraft virtually invisible when attacking heavily defended targets. Moscow was...
jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the KC-97 Stratofreighter. The KC-135 was initially tasked to refuel strategic bombers, but was used extensively in the Vietnam War and later conflicts such as Operation Desert Storm to extend the range and endurance of US tactical fighters and bombers....
The Royal Navy also shadowed Russian military vessels passing through the English Channel this week, said the defense ministry. It added that it was the second time in three months that Russian ships and aircraft had been detected within a week of each other. ...
The Soviets later developed an advanced version of the MiG-15, the MiG-17, which was flown by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. During its production run, the Soviet Union is believed to have built 13,130 and at least another 4,180 under license. Mikoyan-...
(continued) fighters attacking bombers, 182; radar warning receivers, 186; size differences, 182; Vietnam, 191 albatrosses, 132; aspect ratio, 19, 128, 133; dynamic soaring, 131; lift to drag ratio, 17, 139 Allen, Bryan, 214; Gossamer Albatross test flight, 216; wins Kremer Cross-...
The originalTop Gunwas a major turning point for the depiction of the military on film, as the movie helped rebrand the Navy in the public eye following the Vietnam War, and the movie resulted in a massive spike in applications to become Naval Aviators which reportedly jumped by 500%. This...
the past several days.North Korea already has fired a record number of missiles this year as a warning over the previous U.S.-South Korea military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. There are concerns it may react to the latest aerial training by the allies with a new round...