V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers and the Cold War & Shaping the Vulcan You and I are jaded aviation readers. We have read a ...

Prepare for contra-rotating madness on the deck! The weight of a Dakota, the rampant good looks (and handling) of a rhino on heat, with more horsepower than Genghis Khan, the Westland Wyvern was a ...

Today, Boeing announced that it had won the multi-billion dollar contract (starting at around $20 billion) to develop and supply the Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter for USAF. The new aircraft ...

When this popped up on a Facebook page (I think it was The Aviation Enthusiast Book Club), the aviation writer Bill Sweetman wryly replied that 384 pages devoted to the Cutlass were rather too ...

Nothing screams brand recognition like having your aircraft being included in a song. It’s just unfortunate for McDonnell Douglas that the DC-10 gained this recognition through the medium of crashing.

Swedish defence company SAAB has revealed a radically shaped supersonic uncrewed combat air vehicle study. Jim Smith takes a look at what this means and what its shapes reveals. The Uncrewed Air ...

The F-20 was the ultimate US F-5 derivative. However unlike the twin-engined Tiger II and Freedom Fighter, the F-20 was powered by a single engine. It was intended to serve the needs of US client ...

After 57 years of outstanding service in both K- and J-form, Britain’s Royal Air Force has taken the unpopular decision to retire the beloved C-130 tactical transport. Former RAF C-130 pilot, David ...

Wildcats on the deck of the lamentable CVA-4. Bing Chandler has tricked us. Here is an article that is more about bloody ships than planes. If I’ve used the wrong images it’s because all ships look ...

It was my last long cross-country flight from Schleswig NAS via Lossiemouth, Scotland to Keflavik NAS in Iceland, back in July 1982. It was the year I left the Starfighter to fly Tornados. MY LAST big ...

The Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 is the workhorse of the Royal Air Force’s air combat fleet, excelling in both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. Starting life in 2003 as a dedicated interceptor, the ...