The E-9A Widget is one of the Air Force’s least flashy aircraft, but is still quite important to national security. The twin turboprop E-9A is primarily employed by the US…

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is not a run-of-the-mill cargo hauler. Capable of lugging 80 tons—three M2 Bradley IFVs—of oversized cargo and setting down on short, unpaved runways a world…

The B-1B Lancer, produced by Rockwell Industries, is a variable swept-wing, long-range strategic bomber aircraft. It was initially designed to take over for the B-52 Stratofortress but revised design transformed…

Often dubbed an “AWACS for ground pounders,” the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STAR provides the US military an unmatchable God’s eye view of a battlespace up to 19,305 square miles…

Capt. Keith Stevenson, U.S. Marine Corps The Unmanned Little Bird helicopter, a smaller variant of the larger, manned A/MH-6M…

One of the first in many generation of American fighter-bomber jets, the North American F-100 Super Sabre was a single engine aircraft extensively used from 1954 to 1971 by the…

Few aircraft have ever had such a game-changing impact on a war as the American P-51 Mustang. This ultra-maneuverable and long-range fighter was one of the first true multi-role combat…

The Boeing E-3 Sentry is far more than just an airborne radar. Nicknamed the “Eye in the Sky” by many pilots, this airborne warning and control system (AWACS) is a…

F/A-18C Hornet Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Travis K. Mendoza, U.S. Navy An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113…

Lockheed’s F-104 Starfighter is perhaps the best example of what happens when the drawing board goes to the flight deck with absolutely no checks and balances along the way. Sleek,…