A pioneering Cold War-era spy plane sits at the entrance to CIA headquarters, prompting a painstaking effort to preserve an ...

Ah, the Cold War. It was a time of espionage, political tension, and some of […] ...

From the jagged stealth of the F-117 to the blistering speed of the MiG-25, these 17 aircraft waged a high-altitude shadow war. Discover the engineering born of fear and the pilots who flew into ...

The Crusader was active during the Vietnam War, ‘scoring’ 19 air-to-air victories for three losses, the best ratio of any US aircraft of the conflict. Armed with four 20mm cannon it has frequently ...

The development of terrain-following radar was vital to allowing aircraft to safely fly at low altitudes, where they could remain undetected by enemy radar. During the Cold War, aircraft survival ...

Military aircraft are typically judged by specifications and engineering elegance. But sometimes combat history repeatedly ...