Everyone knows Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, but few know his incredible WWII survival story that almost kept him ...
Last Sunday Lynnda and I attended the Christmas Luncheon at the West Virginia Radio and TV Museum and Hall of Fame at Huntington. One of the presenters mentioned, “One of my claims to fame is, I was ...
On October 14, 1947, a small rocket plane sat waiting over the desert at Muroc Army Air Field. Engineers believed it was ...
India declared 54 personnel from the three services as ‘missing in action’ after the 1971 war — men who never made their way ...
The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at ...
Edwards AFB boasts the longest runway on any military airfield under the ownership of the United States Department of Defense (DOD). The base served as the primary landing site for early Space Shuttle ...
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Does Speed Still Matter for Fighter Jets?

The days of fighter jets outrunning ground defenses are long since past, and new aerial innovations are focused on stealth ...
Armed with Heisman contender Fernando Mendoza, the Hoosiers put together a gritty performance from start to finish to solve ...
Hanabi: The Japanese word for “fireworks,” literally meaning “fire flowers.” Phaser: A fictional energy weapon used in some ...
This month, the Wall Street Journal reported that the supersonic test campaign of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator was "of ...
CLARK AB, R.P. — Col. Charles E. (Chuck) Yeager, first pilot to crash the sound barrier, says that in spite of safety precautions there will eventually be a major accident in America's space program ...