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The Ghost Bat’s First Flight in the US and When Pioneer 10 crossed Neptune’s Orbit
From Pioneer 10’s deep-space pathfinding to MQ-28’s allied autonomous flights, machines go first—testing distance, risk, and new frontiers before humans…
Midweek Sortie 25: Fear the Bones—The Skull-and-Crossbones Legacy of the Jolly Rogers
From Corsairs to Tomcats to Super Hornets, the Jolly Rogers skull-and-crossbones became more than a squadron patch — it became naval aviation’s pirate…
MQ-20 Avenger Under Lightning’s Command and When Gemini IV Learned to Walk in Space
Gemini IV proved that astronauts could operate beyond the spacecraft; the F-35/MQ-20 test suggests fighter pilots may soon operate beyond the cockpit.
MQ-25 Stingray Gets the Green Light and Look Back at the Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway showed the power of carrier aviation; the MQ-25 Stingray shows why extending that power still matters today.
Midweek Sortie 24: HueyCobra—Birth of America’s Attack Helicopter Lineage
Born from the Huey but built to hunt, the AH-1 Cobra forged America’s first dedicated attack helicopter lineage from Vietnam fire support to modern…
Warthogs Gain Probe and Claws and Remembering the Jolly Green Giant’s Non-Stop Transatlantic Flight
From Jolly Green Giants crossing the Atlantic to A-10s adapting in the Middle East, C-130 tankers prove that endurance often comes from the aircraft…

May 2026

U.S. Air Force Launched Analysis for the Next B-52 Bomber and the Inauguration of the First Full-Scale Wind Tunnel in Langley
From Langley’s wind tunnel to the B-52 successor study, airpower advances by reducing risk on the ground before committing steel, strategy, and crews to…
Midweek Sortie 23: Red Eagles in the Desert—How Secret MiGs Trained America’s Fighter Pilots
After Vietnam exposed deadly gaps in fighter training, America built a secret MiG squadron in the Nevada desert to teach pilots how the enemy truly…
APKWS Rockets Tested on MQ-9A Reaper and the Maiden Flight of North American YF-100A Super Sabre
From supersonic fighter-bomber to unmanned counter-drone hunter: airpower keeps adapting platforms to meet the threat of the moment.
XRQ-73 SHEPARD Prototype Took Flight and the Birth of the US Marine Corps
From Cunningham’s first Marine aviation duty to DARPA’s XRQ-73, military airpower keeps advancing through risky prototypes that redefine battlefield…
Midweek Sortie 22: Engines of Victory: How Navy Engineering Powered America’s World War I Fleet
Before convoys crossed the Atlantic and destroyers hunted U-boats, Navy engineers built the hidden machinery of war: propulsion, radio, repair…
F-14D Tomcat Might Come Back through the “Maverick Act,” and Memphis Belle completed its 25th combat mission during WWII
From the Memphis Belle to the F-14 Tomcat, some aircraft do more than survive combat — they become legends, museum icons, and movie stars.
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