Military aircraft - Topics

The F-35 costs more per flight hour than the F-16 it replaces Why the Osprey tiltrotor has such a troubled safety record F-22 vs Su-57: what actually decides a modern dogfight Why the A-10's 30mm gun keeps it flying decades after retirement plans Aircraft stencil lettering and base signage fonts follow different rules Why Apache rotor blades keep turning after taking a 23mm hit What a stealth fighter's radar cross section number really means Can the F-35 really do the A-10's job in close air support Can a shoulder fired missile really bring down a modern fighter Inside a helicopter cockpit during a blackout night desert landing What happens to an air campaign when the AWACS goes down Why stealth coatings are a maintenance nightmare in sand and salt air How much runway does a fully loaded C-17 need to get airborne How do governments choose between competing fighter jet bids? Why a cargo plane with a side firing howitzer became a legend Comparing fighter fleets: why the number of airframes tells you almost nothing What 9G does to an F-16 airframe and the pilot inside How second-hand fighter jets get sold on the global market Plenty of air forces still fly 1970s era fighters and money is not the only reason The B-52 is older than its pilots' grandparents and still dropping bombs