In Aviation News: Boeing to Offer NewGen Tanker to US Air Force
The Boeing Company today announced that it will offer the Boeing NewGen Tanker in the competition to supply the U.S. Air Force with a multi-mission aerial refueling aircraft that will meet all the warfighter’s mission requirements for the next several decades.
In Bonnie Johnson With Women In Aviation: Women Airforce Service Pilots
The Women Airforce Service Pilots, also known as WASP, and the predecessor groups the Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) (official from September 10, 1942) were pioneering organizations of civilian female pilots.
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 James H. "Jimmie" Doolittle -- Outstanding Man of Aviation James "Jimmie" Doolittle is today most famous for his audacious B-25 bombing raid on Tokyo in the opening months of America's entry into World War II, an attack featured in the 2001 movie Pearl Harbor. Original Publish Date: 12/9/2007 (Please refresh the page to view another archive article) |
In Aviation and Aircraft Videos: History of air-to-air re-fueling
This video contains much historical footage of early aircraft and air-to-air refuelling attempts and methods. This clip features some early attempts at flying machines.
In Aviation and Aircraft Videos: KC-7A7 - Global. Capable. Combat Ready.
When global reach & mission success is critical, you need a company with 80 years of tanker experience - Boeing's KC-7A7 will be combat-ready on day one.
In Aviation and Aircraft Videos: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
The Lockheed SR-71 was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed A-12 and YF-12A aircraft by the Lockheed Skunk Works.
In Walter J. Boyne's "World Aviation History": The Early Overflights
At the dawn of the Cold War, air surveillance missions over "denied areas" could--and did--get pretty sporty.
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