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A First Look at the Fury Fighter Drone and First Flight of the Prototype that became the Douglas AD / A-1 Skyraider
Even as aviation shifts from piston attack planes to autonomous fighters, one constant endures: human judgment remains central—guiding lethal decisions…
Midweek Sortie 17: USS Nimitz (CVN-68)—The Carrier That Carried Eras
USS Nimitz transformed the supercarrier into a nuclear-powered instrument of deterrence, crisis response, and sustained sea-based air power—shaping…
The “Dark Merlin” Rewriting Aerial Combat and When the 95th Becomes the “95th Pursuit Squadron.”
The 95th Squadron’s century of aircraft transitions echoes in Dark Merlin: airpower advantage endures when new technology changes not only platforms…
USAF Needs 500 Aircraft to Counter China and Remembering When a Civilian Broke the Sound Barrier
From the first rocket-powered hop to today’s stealth-and-bomber build-ups, the real leap involves new propulsion and airborne support that reshape…
Midweek Sortie 16: “The Alternate Heart”—How GE’s F110 Turned the Aircraft into Better Fighters during the Great Engine War
During the Great Engine War, GE’s F110 became the “alternate heart” for frontline fighters—offering thrust, operability, and sustainment, proving…
GBU 57’s Revival and Remembering Concorde’s Maiden Flight
Extreme technology lives or dies on constraints—political, industrial, and doctrinal—not just on what it can do on paper.

February 2026

Kamikaze Drones are Reshaping Warfare and the First Flight of the Hughes Model 369 Prototype
From LOH’s manned ‘eyes-at-contact’ to FPV’s ‘sensor-that-explodes,’ the throughline is the same: whoever compresses the kill chain fastest—and can…
Midweek Sortie 15: How the UH-1 Turned Helicopters into a Battlefield System
The Huey didn’t just fly missions—it rewired battlefield tempo, turning helicopters into a system for air assault, medevac, command-and-control, and…
The Speedy Evolution Toward Aerial Miniaturization and Remembering the A-10’s First Combat During Operation Desert Storm
Desert Storm’s A-10 story was about winning the close fight by persistence; miniature drones are that same doctrinal impulse—just shrunk, multiplied…
F-35 Shot Down an Iranian Drone and Revisiting the Battle for Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima shows what it costs to break into a defended zone. The Arabian Sea incident shows how modern fleets try to keep that zone from closing…
Midweek Sortie 14: The Quiet Cold War Mohawk—Border Surveillance and Army Aviation Reconnaissance
Sweeping low along the Iron Curtain, the OV-1 Mohawk prowled NATO’s frontlines— delivering rapid-fire reconnaissance to commanders standing guard at the…
Exporting Airpower through Training the Allied Cockpit and Looking Back at USMC's First Combat Mission
From VMF-124 proving the Corsair under fire to today’s contractor-built pipelines, airpower keeps teaching the same lesson: aircraft are hardware—combat…
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