By the time of the Second World War, a nation could not guarantee its survival without air power. Bombers pummelled cities, ...

And unlike the Spitfire, which I flew several years later, it was very easy to control on the ground.” Another design that entered service too late for the war it was intended for, the Douglas ...

Twenty years prior to 1969 most air forces had been flying piston-engined fighters essentially no different from those of World War II. In the following twenty years, top speeds almost quadrupled and ...

As terrible recent conflicts have shown, the fighter aircraft is far from dead and can prove vital for a nation’s survival. The most modern fighters can shoot down an enemy aircraft at a range of 100 ...

The F-15 Eagle emerged from a clear realization: the United States needed a fighter that could dominate the skies without ...