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The SB2U Vindicator arrived at a time of evolving technology and tactics for US Naval aircraft. Torpedoes were still considered a highly lethal weapon against large ships, but the concept of dive bombing was readily being explored, and indeed was deemed to be more effective than torpedo bombing in many situations. Continue reading →

After winning the largest fighter order from the USAAC since WW1, Curtiss wasn’t resting on its laurels and proposed a new fighter modelled on the British Spitfire and Hurricane. Continue reading →

The US Air Force has recently started fielding a new improved version of the Super A-10 Warthog. Continue reading →

The Boeing X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Continue reading →

The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the main all-weather interceptor jet of the United States Air Force for almost 20 years. Designed from scratch as the so-called “Ultimate Interceptor,” pilots would reportedly fight each other to fly it. Continue reading →

The Boeing YB-9 (Also known as the Model 214/215/246) was the company’s first all-metal bomber design. In 1930, the bomber squadrons operated by the US Army Air Corps mostly consisted of slow biplanes. Boeing had recently built its successful all-metal Monomail transport, and wanted to use their experience to build something bigger. Continue reading →

It was the summer of 1941, and the Royal Air Force was shocked to its core before the troublesome reports of a new devastating German fighter aircraft shredded through its squadrons. Continue reading →