Many military aircraft remain operational decades past planned retirement due to replacement delays and unmatched capabilities. The A-10 and B-52 survived multiple retirement attempts because no newer ...

Aircraft have a number of systems intended to communicate their presence to each other—but these systems are imperfect, as ...

You know, it’s funny how some of the most iconic designs in aviation history came from planes that, well, didn’t quite hit the mark when it mattered. These military aircraft, despite their combat ...

Surface-to-air missiles invalidated speed and altitude as reliable survivability strategies faster than planners anticipated. Interceptor missions vanished as strategic threats shifted from bombers to ...