American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller ...
The functions that the US Navy built the F-14 Tomcat for—aerial interception of Soviet fighter jets—became irrelevant after the Cold War ended.
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Sleek but dangerous, the F-100 Super Sabre became America’s first supersonic fighter. It marked the beginning of a new era, a ...