Able Dog: Was the AD Skyraider the Best Attack Bomber Ever Built?

The Douglas AD Skyraider wasn't pretty, but its pilots and maintenance crews dubbed it the Able Dog because of its handling and dependability. Some still regard it as "the best airplane ever made for close-in attack."

The Engine That Won World War II

The course of World War II would have been very different without Rolls-Royce’s immortal Merlin engine.

The U.S. Navy’s Curtiss NC-4: First Across the Atlantic

In the spring of 1919, three Navy-Curtiss flying boats set out to beat the competition and be the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Alex Vraciu: The Indestructible WWII Ace

He shot down 19 Japanese planes. But he lost three Hellcats - they called him 'Grumman's best customer'

Saberjet Secrets

Inadequate technical information concerning modifications to the fabled F-86 led to a series of major takeoff accidents

In the P-51 Mustang’s Wake

The interesting question today is not whether the Mustang was fast, but why

The F-14 Tomcat Sharpens Its Claws at Topgun

Jesse L. Brown: The U.S. Navy’s First Black Aviator

The son of a sharecropper, Mississippi-born Jesse Leeroy Brown would do whatever it took to become a pilot and break the navy's color barrier

Neta Snook

Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72: Too Hot to Handle

Scramjet Success

Albert Berry’s Leap of Fate

Aviation History Book Review: Beaufighter Aces of World War 2

Aviation History Book Review: The American Aircraft Factory in World War II

We Guide to Strike

MiG: Learning By Trial and Error