Korean Air Lines flight 007 Flight 007, shot down by Soviet air-to-air missiles on September 1, 1983, near Sakhalin Island, Russia,...

The Sea Dart began as Convair's entry in a 1948 U.S. Navy contest for a supersonic interceptor aircraft. During the time, there was much...

In 1936 Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, issued a requirement for a multi-role combat aircraft. Pavel Sukhoi, a Soviet Russian...

The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, better known as Top Gun, has become a success story and was revered as the programme that...

Camel Pilot Supreme Author: Annette Carson Publisher: Pen and Sword While attending the World Aerobatic Championships in France earlier...

While South African Airways stares into an uncertain future on the other side of the Indian Ocean Qantas Airlines, the Australian...

Aerial refuelling, also referred to as air refuelling, in-flight refuelling, air-to-air refuelling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of...

This history of world traveller will by no means be accurate if the giant flying boats were not mentioned prominently, before the Second...

The Silver Falcons proud heritage dates back to 1946, at the time the team was named the “Bumbling Bees” and were flying a four ship...

"MiG Alley" was the name given by United Nations (UN) pilots to the north-western portion of North Korea, where the Yalu River empties...