Military Aircraft News

Plainview resident Vincenzo Ianni, 12, looks at The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress at the Cradle of Aviation Museum's Eighth Annual Flying Model Expo in Uniondale.

The number of jets on display at the Classic Air Force hangar at Newquay Cornwall Airport has risen as two new iconic planes land at the attraction.

The experimental four-tonne bomb had to be dropped at the right height, at the right speed, at exactly the right distance from the target, to allow it to achieve the improbable feat of skipping across water.

Visit Paine Field The Washington Pilots Association and Paine Field plan to host the 18th annual Paine Field Aviation Day on Saturday.

When motorcycle enthusiasts say "loud pipes save lives," I don't think are imagining the Red Baron , an insane two-wheel machine powered by an actual aircraft engine.

Besides Brazil, Saab identified future demand for naval fighters in countries like India, Italy and the UK , which, in the coming years will be commissioning new aircraft carriers in their navies.

A sight to make the heart swell: Britain's only airworthy Lancaster rolls back the years as it skims over Derwent Reservoir where Dambuster crews trained for famous raid 70 years ago A Lancaster bomber performed a flypast at Derwent Reservoir today as part of events to mark the 70th anniversary of the war-time Dambusters air raid.

Seventy years ago to the day 19 aircraft, crewed by 133 young men, took off on one of the most daring wartime missions that has now become one of the most well-known - the Dambusters.

Don Condren, a waist gunner during WWII, checks out the vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on display at the Monterey Regional Airport Wednesday.

In Kalamazoo, there is a zoo unlike any other. This zoo doesn't have animals, but rather aircrafts.

The RAF's Black Arrows display team founder was reunited with the jet he flew more than 50 years ago for his 90th birthday.

Business groups have largely reacted negatively to Australia's budget today and questioned whether its assumptions about economic growth prospects were too optimistic.

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress, first flown in 1942, began active service in 1944.

THE ambitious project to build a 1,000mph car got another Bristol boost as Rolls-Royce announced it is to be a major sponsor for the world record attempt.

1912 - A Flanders F.3 Monoplane crashed at Brooklands in England, killing the pilot and his passenger.

Edgewood aircraft-parts manufacturer CPI Aerostructures has announced a $3.95 million extension of an existing deal with Bell Helicopter.

It was first publicly known as the A-11, then the YF-12A, but it actually began life in total secrecy as the AF-12. We'll call it the YF-12A because that's what its buyer, the U.S. Air Force, designated it and it was just one of the many derivatives of the Lockheed-built CIA-funded A-12 series of aircraft that ultimately led to the creation of the ... (more)

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem, two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft.

MADE Yemeni military jet has ploughed into a residential district of the capital Sanaa, killing the pilot, officials say, as witnesses said it exploded in mid-air before crashing.

And the English Electronic Lightning supersonic jet fighter has been reunited with the pilot who last flew the aircraft 36 years ago.