aircraft Boeing F-35 pilot training United States Air Force How Boeing’s T-7A Was Built In 3 Years & Became The Blueprint To End The F-35 Era Guest authors June 17, 2026 0 Why the T-7A points to both the enormous potential of advanced digital prototyping tools and their limits in the real world.
aircraft B-2 Spirit Bomber bomber Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider United States United States Air Force Why The B-21 Raider Costs Less Per Hour To Operate Than The B-2 Spirit It Replaces Guest authors June 17, 2026 0 The B-21 is a generation upgrade over the B-2 intended to be a high-end stealth bomber workhorse than a first night wonder.
A-10 Warthog aircraft Airlines Military United States Air Force The US Air Force Retired Its Last A-10 Warthog – Here’s What Fills The Gap Guest authors June 16, 2026 0 Why the A-10’s role is not being directly replaced and why debate is whether its role is disappearing or evolving.
aircraft B-2 Spirit Bomber bomber Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider United States United States Air Force Why The B-21 Raider Can Be Deployed To Forward Bases The B-2 Spirit Could Never Operate From Guest authors June 15, 2026 0 The Raider is designed to overcome the enormous logistical difficulties of the Spirit, but it also faces a much more dangerous forward deployed world.
aircraft b-52 United States Air Force This Cold War Bomber Survived 20 Retirement Attempts To Become The US Air Force’s Most-Deployed Strike Aircraft Guest authors June 15, 2026 0 The B-52 may live to be 100, even though efforts to find a replacement started in the 1950s when it was still being built.
aircraft SR-71 United States Air Force Why The SR-71 Blackbird’s Silver Tires Wore Out Faster Sitting Still Than Landing At 200 Knots Guest authors June 15, 2026 0 The SR-71’s tires were engineered for such extreme conditions that it makes them poorly suited to withstanding weight at ambient room temperature.
aircraft Airlines F-15 fighter jets United States Air Force The Top 5 Fighter Jets With The Longest Combat Range In Active USAF Service In 2026 Guest authors June 13, 2026 0 While combat ranges are very fuzzy, the F-15EX arguably has the longest in-service range with the incoming F-47 set to increase this significantly.
aircraft Military United States United States Air Force Why Is The World’s Largest Air Force Still Growing? Guest authors June 13, 2026 0 The USAF remains the world’s largest, but its number of crewed aircraft is shrinking as the PLAAF grows in numbers. Its UAV fleet is on the up though.
aircraft F-22 Raptor fighter jets Military United States United States Air Force Why The Nation That 1st Deployed A 5th-Gen Fighter May Fall Decades Behind Guest authors June 8, 2026 0 Even as China narrows the technological and quantitative gap, the claim the US could fall behind remains alarmist and not supported by evidence.
aircraft F-22 Raptor fighter jets Military United States United States Air Force Why The Nation That 1st Deployed A 5th-Gen Fighter May Fall Decades Behind Guest authors June 8, 2026 0 Even as China narrows the technological and quantitative gap, the claim the US could fall behind remains alarmist and not supported by evidence.