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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 →

As the Cold War loomed on the horizon shortly after World War 2, Canada worried about the possibility of Soviet bombers flying over the Arctic Ocean ready to deliver nuclear payloads on North American targets. Consequently, Canadian Air Force officials made a bold decision and built their own indigenously-developed fighter-interceptor from scratch. Continue reading →

For all its success after World War 2, the Convair B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber was still a piston-engined machine, and it would not take long for it to be displaced by jet power. However, as the 1950s began, the company conceived an idea to extend the career of its beloved bomber: they would create a jet-propulsion version that could enter the atomic era. Continue reading →

Top Gun Maverick official behind-the-scenes footage starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman with Ed Harris. Continue reading →