The F-4 Phantom became one of the most important jet fighters of the Cold War, but many of its details remain surprising. Its design, weapons, speed, combat record, and quirks reveal why the aircraft ...

How he Navy's first missileer led the way.

St. Louis soared into the aviation age with Teddy Roosevelt in 1910, Charles Lindbergh, Mercury and Gemini, and hot jet ...

Chris earned a Master’s degree in Defense and Strategic Studies (Highest Honors) from the University of Texas at El Paso. His graduate work concentrated on Global and National Security, Low-Intensity ...

Daniel comes to Simple Flying with a business focused approach to the aviation world. Daniel enjoys analyzing strategy and how companies move against each other to gain a step ahead in the skies.

If someone told you that Ohio has the world’s largest military aviation museum and it costs absolutely nothing to visit, you might suspect a catch. But the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in ...

Test crews at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, previously dropped bombs from an F-15EX, but this is the first time an ...

A JetBlue flight reportedly struck a drone while approaching John F. Kennedy International Airport for landing Monday morning, according to federal officials. The incident involved JetBlue Airlines ...

The 142nd Wing out of Portland Air National Guard Base will conduct a record 30 flyovers in communities throughout Oregon and southwest Washington on July 4, including seven in Marion and Polk ...

The JetBlue flight that reported striking a drone on approach to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday did not actually hit a drone, a source familiar with the preliminary ...

The US Department of Defense describes the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II as a “multirole fighter that combines stealth, sensor fusion and unprecedented situational awareness”. (US Air Force) The ...

A pilot on board a JetBlue plane on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport said the aircraft was hit by a drone when it was at about 3,000 feet. The pilot told air traffic control, “We ...