Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress first flew on April 15, 1952. The youngest airframe in the fleet was delivered in October 1962. Every B-52 flying today is older than every crew member flying it — and many are older than the crew members’ parents. The Air Force...
Mundo de la aviación, Dentro de MiGFlug
Una descripción compartida por pilotos de combate experimentados e instructores de centrifugadoras: A 9G, la sangre pesa nueve veces más de lo normal. Los brazos se sienten como si estuvieran llenos de cemento húmedo. La visión se distorsiona desde los bordes hacia adentro hasta que se empieza a ver a través de...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
On February 20, 1959 — a day Canadians still call “Black Friday” — Prime Minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the most advanced interceptor on the planet, fired 14,500 people, and ordered every prototype destroyed. Then, for good measure, he had the...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Half a century ago, the Shah of Iran bought 80 American F-14A Tomcats and 633 AIM-54 Phoenix long-range missiles for $2 billion. It was the most advanced fighter deal the United States had ever made with a foreign country.Then came the revolution, the hostage crisis,...
Mundo de la aviación, Aviación militar
On May 31, 2026, CENTCOM issued a terse statement: Iran had shot down a “U.S. MQ-1 drone” over international waters. The U.S. responded with strikes on Iranian radar and drone command sites on Goruk and Qeshm Island.The internet immediately lost its mind....
Mundo de la aviación, Noticias
Here’s a number that should terrify anyone who flies in the United States: 76. That’s how many consecutive days American aviation has been disrupted since April 1, 2026 — the longest unbroken streak of chaos since airline deregulation in 1978.And June 15...
Aviación militar, Noticias
The United States Air Force has been trying to kill the U-2 Dragon Lady for the better part of three decades. The U-2 keeps winning. On June 10, 2026, the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee released a draft FY2027 spending bill that bars the Air Force from...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Before AWACS, air warfare was a knife fight in a dark room. Pilots relied on their own radar, ground controllers with limited visibility, and radio calls that were often confused, late, or wrong. After AWACS, one side had the lights on and the other did not. The...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
North Korea operates one of the largest air forces in the world on paper. The Korean People’s Army Air Force (KPAAF) fields an estimated 550–570 combat aircraft, over 300 transport and utility helicopters, and approximately 110,000 personnel. By numbers alone,...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech is widely considered the loudest aircraft ever built. Its supersonic propeller generated continuous sonic booms that could be heard 25 miles away, made ground crews physically ill, and reportedly knocked a man unconscious on the...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
At 2:38 a.m. on January 17, 1991, eight AH-64 Apache helicopters crossed into Iraqi airspace at treetop height. Their mission: destroy two early-warning radar stations that would blind Iraq to what was coming next. Within minutes, the stations were burning wreckage....
Mundo de la aviación, Historia y leyendas
The de Havilland Comet was the most beautiful airliner ever built. It was also the most deadly — and its failures saved more lives than any single aircraft in history. We’ve written about the Comet before — see our earlier piece on its legacy. This article...
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