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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.
The Service Life Extension of the A-10 Thunderbolt II and the Cooper’s Faith 7 Mission
From Faith 7’s extended orbit to the A-10’s prolonged service, aerospace endurance proves older machines can still carry vital missions forward.
Midweek Sortie 21: Voices in the Static—How Aviation Radios Changed the Way Pilots Fight, Fly, and Survive
From crackling radios to encrypted battle networks, aviation communications turned lone pilots into connected warriors—where every voice, signal, and…
VC-25B ‘Bridge’ Aircraft Completed Its Flight Testing and the Launch of Skylab
Before trust comes testing, from Skylab’s hard-earned launch lessons to the VC-25B Bridge aircraft, high-consequence machines must prove they can…
MQ-25 Stingray Completed its First Flight and the Maiden Flight of S-64 Skycrane
From Sikorsky’s flying crane to the Navy’s unmanned tanker, specialized support aircraft keep expanding what military aviation can carry, sustain, and…
Midweek Sortie 20: Inside the AH-64 Apache’s Combat Evolution
From Cold War tank killer to networked battlefield predator, the AH-64 Apache evolved into a lethal gunship shaped by sensors, firepower, and combat…
Senators Aim to Boost US Airpower and Remember the Battle of the Coral Sea
From Coral Sea to the F-15EX debate, the lesson is the same: airpower only deters when it is available, survivable, numerous enough, and flown by…

April 2026

The Obsession Towards 6th Generation Fighters and Remembering the Operation Frequent Wind
From Saigon’s rooftop evacuations to drone-linked stealth fighters, the theme is the same: aviation matters most when the battlespace is unstable…
Midweek Sortie 19: Jacqueline Cochran Takes Flight
Jacqueline Cochran did more than break aviation barriers during World War II—she helped prove women could strengthen American airpower, turning personal…
YFQ-44A CCA Starts Testing and the Sabre’s Supersonic Dive
From breaking the sound barrier to breaking the old model of air combat, America’s flight-test frontier keeps redefining how pilots, machines, and speed…
The Disappearance of the Triton and the Death of the Red Baron
From the fall of the Red Baron to the disappearance of the Triton, both events reveal how the loss of a single aircraft can expose the pressures…
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