Interesting Engineering on MSN16h
US Air Commandos get revamped Vietnam-era warbird for covert, strike missions
The aircraft’s flexibility will allow the U.S. Air Force to counter adversaries across the spectrum of armed conflict. The ...
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50 years after Operation Babylift, the USAF and RAAF’s special airlift mission
It’s been 50 years since the USAF and RAAF airlifted almost 3,000 orphaned babies out of Saigon. AeroTime takes a closer look ...
50 Years Later: Nat’l Warplane Museum honors heroic war escape by Vietnamese Air Force pilot
It has been 50 years since the fall of Saigon, which was the last major event of the Vietnam War. A First Lieutenant pilot in ...
Vietnam's VietJet to sign aircraft finance deal, boost cooperation with Boeing, document says
Vietnamese budget airline VietJet is set to sign a $200 million aircraft finance deal with a partner of investment fund KKR ...
The National Interest on MSN11h
F3D Skyknight: This Navy Warbird Made History Over Korea
The Skyknight was designed in response to a 1945 USN requirement for a jet-powered, radar-equipped, carrier-based night ...
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Oldest aircraft carrier USS Nimitz departs for what is likely to be its final deployment
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton in Washington for a scheduled deployment to the Western ...
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5 Fighter Jets Used In The Vietnam War
Although the U.S. became actively involved in the war in 1961, it wasn't until 1964 that it launched its Air Force against North Vietnam. A number of iconic aircraft participated in the war ...
Veterans gather on USS Hornet in Alameda for National Vietnam War Veterans Day
On Saturday, those who fought in that conflict gathered at the USS Hornet in Alameda for a ceremony marking National Vietnam War Veterans Day and they reflected on what lessons may have been learned ...