JetZero, the Z-4 Blended Wing Body, and the Tube-and-Wing Airplane the Air Force Is Betting Fifty Years Late
Radio Hangar explores JetZero, the Z-4 Blended Wing Body, and the Tube-and-Wing Airplane the Air Force Is Betting Fifty Years Late.
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The First Ohio-Built Fury Rolls Off the Line, and the Collaborative Combat Aircraft Race Between Anduril and General Atomics Gets Real
Radio Hangar explores The First Ohio-Built Fury Rolls Off the Line, and the Collaborative Combat Aircraft Race Between Anduril and General Atomics Gets Real.
TowerJetZero, the Blended Wing Body, and the Fifty-Percent Fuel Cut That Wants to Erase the Line Between the Wing and the Fuselage
Radio Hangar explores JetZero, the Blended Wing Body, and the Fifty-Percent Fuel Cut That Wants to Erase the Line Between the Wing and the Fuselage.
VectorThe Air Force Flies Its Robot Wingmen at Creech, and Why Collaborative Combat Aircraft Matter to the Rest of Us
The Air Force tested Collaborative Combat Aircraft at Creech AFB, signaling where aviation autonomy is heading for military and civil pilots alike.
TowerC-5M Super Galaxy - Twenty-Eight Wheels, a Kneeling Nose, and the Engineering Behind Moving an Army
The C-5M Super Galaxy uses 28 wheels and a hydraulic kneeling system that lets it load tanks and helicopters at austere airfields with no ground support infrastructure.
TowerThe C-5M Super Galaxy - Why the World's Largest U.S. Military Airlifter Has No Replacement and No Retirement Date
The U.S. Air Force is keeping the C-5M Super Galaxy flying until 2050 - because nothing else can carry what it carries, and the math on a replacement never works out.
TowerOperation Epic Fury - The A-10 Warthog Makes Its Case One More Time
The U.S. Air Force is keeping 54 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in service following Operation Epic Fury, a live-fire demonstration that made the case for the Warthog's continued relevance.
TowerThe Air Force Retires the Last A-10 Warthog and What Actually Fills Its Close Air Support Role
Radio Hangar explores The Air Force Retires the Last A-10 Warthog and What Actually Fills Its Close Air Support Role.
TowerThe A-10 Warthog refuses to die and now it's hunting drones
The A-10 Warthog may have found a new mission hunting cheap drones, keeping the jet alive decades past its planned retirement.
TowerUS Air Force reverses course and extends the A-10 Warthog service life to twenty thirty
The US Air Force has reversed its A-10 Warthog retirement plan, extending the legendary close air support aircraft's service life to at least 2030.
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