Aerodynamics explains how airplanes fly through the interplay of four fundamental forces: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. Lift opposes gravity, thrust propels forward, and drag resists motion. Pilots ...

Rochelle Fire Department Firefighter/Paramedic Jon Plaza served active duty in the United States Air Force as a vehicle ...

Fifty years after its 1974 debut, the F-14 Tomcat’s philosophy still defines air superiority. -Its “unmatched” 1,841-mile ...

The current most powerful version of the 747-400, the ER (Extended Range) and Extended Range Freighter (ERF, pictured) boast ...

Debrief: U.S. Air Force Is Adjusting Its Fighter Generation Thinking is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with ...

StandardAero has completed the delivery of its 1,000th GE Aerospace J85-5 engine to the USAF, supporting the T-38 Talon trainer fleet.

Lockheed Martin's X-59 experimental quiet supersonic aircraft completed its first flight, moving toward NASA testing for ...

Business Insider spoke to a boom operator about their responsibilities aboard a KC-135 tanker at a base in England.

Robert Tischer served in the U.S. Air Force from 1972 through 1976 as a weapons mechanic, which, he explained, meant they ...

StandardAero , a leading independent pure-play provider of aerospace engine aftermarket services including engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and engine component repair, today announced ...

William “Billy” Louis Dowell, now 83, served in the U.S. Air Force from 1960 to 1964, spending much of his time stationed at ...

It appears likely that Anduril will secure the US Air Force’s “Collaborative Combat Aircraft” contract—helped along by its leaders’ savvy political decisions.