Today, airplanes are simply an accepted part of modern life, and as such, it's easy to forget how much of an engineering marvel they are. Just looking at how an airplane wing works, or how jet streams ...

I have always been fascinated at the story of human flight since those primitive early efforts, barely able to overcome the influence of gravity, up to the huge, capable, and mighty machines which now ...

An aircraft carrier airwing’s mainstay will always be its fighter jets, through which the carrier battle group can project force and take the fight to an adversary. The U.S. Navy has the largest and ...

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