The XF-108 Rapier was supposed to be a MACH 3 fighter that would give the Americans the aerial advantage over Soviet bombers during the Cold War in the 1950s. But then times changed. ICBMs became ...

aircraft ever is held by the McDonnell XF-88B, a modified version of the experimental XF-88 Voodoo escort fighter, which took its maiden flight in 1948. The XF-88B was designed to test the ...

In keeping with his fantasy-line of fighters, the tiny, bulbous parasite fighter McDonnell produced for the B-36 was dubbed the XF-85 Goblin. The concept wasn’t without precedent.

and the XF-90 was canceled. However, it earned legendary status in 1952 by surviving a nuclear test with little damage. The Convair Sea Dart jet fighter prototype arose from twin concerns of the U ...

In the early days of the jet era, one fighter stood head and shoulders above the rest ... as the worst American fighter of the Cold War. The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech was a well-intentioned ...

You strap yourself into a tiny, teardrop-shaped fighter jet, are lowered down into the sky ... Test pilot Edwin Schoch stands next to the XF-85 Goblin in 1948. (Wikimedia Commons) That was ...