History has shown that wars are capable of evolving faster than aircraft design cycles. Platforms optimized for nuclear ...

The Gloster Javelin was Britain’s first delta-wing interceptor and its most heavily armed fighter of the 1950s. Designed to ...

Like so many members of the animal kingdom, humankind is at its most unpredictable and dangerous when threatened. Sadly, times of great peril like the Cold War seem to bring out the biggest ...

In the early 1950s, as the threat of nuclear-armed bombers loomed over the Soviet Union, military planners realized their ...

Summary: The Lockheed YF-12, developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, was a groundbreaking interceptor designed to counter Soviet bombers during the Cold War. -Capable of reaching speeds of Mach 3 ...

The Soviet-developed MiG-25 "Foxbat" almost defies classification, as it can operate as an interceptor jet to counteract long range bomber planes or fighter jets and do double duty as a spy plane, ...

It may not be as large or as powerful as the Soviet Union, but Russia's Air Force continues to pack a powerful punch. In 1990, the air forces of the Soviet Union consisted of over ten thousand ...