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SR-72 Darkstar: Inside the $335 Million Problem Stalling America’s Hypersonic Spy Plane
The SR-72 Darkstar promises Mach 6 reconnaissance and strike capability—but turbine-based combined-cycle engines, brutal thermal loads, and spiraling $335M+ cost overruns are putting the entire ...
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The Mach 6 SR-72 son of Blackbird summed up with 1 punctuation mark
For more than a decade, aviation fans have obsessed over the rumored SR-72 “Son of Blackbird,” a Mach 6 reconnaissance and ...
Irish mixed martial arts fighter Sinead Kavanagh was arrested after allegedly attacking two Spanish police officers responding to a disturbance on a Ryanair plane set to travel from Gran Canaria to ...
For some of us, the “Peanuts” comic strip was our introduction to the history of World War I fighter pilots. Snoopy, the Flying Ace, sits on top of his doghouse with gritted teeth, wearing his cap, ...
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Why the U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Plane Is an Astonishing Feat of Engineering
The U-2’s ability to reach 70,000 feet—an altitude that most modern fighter jets cannot match—came about after a series of remarkable design innovations.
The incident occurred on a Ryanair flight on Monday, Nov. 24 Evan Treacy/INPHO/Shutterstock Irish MMA fighter Sinead Kavanagh was reportedly arrested after allegedly ...
Northrop Grumman completed a static test firing of its prototype Mk 72 solid rocket motor (SRM) earlier this month at its ...
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US firm to equip autonomous fighter jet with powerful radar to maintain air superiority
Raytheon has received a contract to equip the autonomous X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) with a ...
The Loyal Wingman concept has taken a major step toward reality as Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works pulled off an aerial demonstration where a 5th-generation F-22 Raptor interceptor took command of a ...
A pilot was hospitalized after a Thunderbird F-16C Fighting Falcon crashed during an Air Force training mission Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Trona in rural San Bernardino County, military officials said Fire ...
During World War I, fighter planes called Sopwith Camels downed 1,294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied fighter in WWI. For those familiar with the Peanuts comics, it's the name of the ...
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