(Wikimedia) Another major, if not quite as groundbreaking task the plane received was in testing early air to air missiles. Throughout the fifties, the first practical air to air missiles were introduced, and while they were not mature enough to totally replace guns, the Air Force and Navy...
USAF // Wikimedia Commons 1952: First hydrogen bomb detonated - Army strength: 1,596,419 people- Navy strength: 824,265 people- Marine Corps strength: 231,967 people- Air Force strength: 983,261 people- Total strength: 3,635,912 people- Percent of population enlisted: 2.31% The Treaty of...
While the aircraft had taken a largely completed form with the P-51B-5 and P-51C-1, it would be continuously modified in the field and on the production line, throughout its service with the air force. The most notable of these changes were the additions of a fuselage tank, booster mo...
A US B-1B Lancer flies over northern Iraq after conducting air strikes in Syria. Credit: US Air Force, photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch/commons.wikimedia.org. The US military forces have carried out airstrikes against the facilities and groups affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Revolutionar...
femalevillainswikifandom.com Pop culture references are a big part of the writing, especially horror films. The first episode was titled “Foreverware.” Betty Wilson and her twin sons come to welcome the family to the neighborhood. Betty and the boys look like they came from a 1960s sitcom...
“Collateral Murder” video, leaked by Chelsea Manning to Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. The video, which made worldwide news, laid bare the callousness towards civilian lives Haas described, where Air Force pilots laugh at shooting dead at least 12 unarmed civilians, including twoReuters...
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SL-AMRAAM was designed to counter both existing cruise missiles and evolving ones, as well as various airborne threats. Credit: Captainm/commons.wikimedia.org. The surface-launched advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (SL-AMRAAM) is an advanced air defence system developed by Raytheon to co...
arne-kaiser // Wikimedia Commons What is a moonbow? Light from the moon can create a rainbow at night if there is enough moisture in the air. Moonbows are seen more often in the tropics, like Hawaii, than at higher altitudes, wrote WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling. If the water droplets ...
Featured image by US Air Force, Senior Airman Michael B. Keller [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons This article was originally published onFighter Sweep As someone who’s seen what happens when the truth is distorted, I know how unfair it feels when those who’ve sacrificed the most los...