Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
It sounds like the setup for a joke: what happens when a biplane from the 1920s fights jet fighters from the 1950s? The answer, it turns out, is that the biplane wins more often than anyone would like to admit. During the Korean War, North Korean pilots flying...
Luftfahrtwelt, Geschichte & Legenden
In September 1949, the largest land-based aircraft in the world took to the skies over southwest England. The Bristol Brabazon was a colossus — its 230-foot wingspan exceeded that of a modern Boeing 747. It was powered by eight radial engines coupled in pairs to drive...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On April 25, 1982, a collection of British helicopters did something that hadn’t been done since World War II: they put a submarine out of action from the air. The target was ARA Santa Fe, an Argentine submarine caught on the surface near South Georgia Island...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On August 17, 1943, the United States Eighth Air Force launched what would become one of the most devastating bombing missions in the history of aerial warfare. The target was Germany’s ball bearing industry — a chokepoint that Allied planners believed could...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On May 10, 1970, an SR-71A Blackbird designated 61-7969 took off from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa on what should have been a routine reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. It would never return. What happened in the skies over Southeast Asia that day remains one of...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Editor’s Update (June 2026): Malaysia’s Cabinet officially cancelled the planned purchase of Kuwait’s retired F/A-18C/D Hornets on 6 February 2026. The background analysis below on Malaysia’s fighter gap and the strategic rationale for the deal...
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