During the height of the Cold War, the U.S. built a family of spy planes, known as the Blackbirds, that achieved absolute invulnerability by simply flying too fast. The legendary SR-71 was so quick ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The United States had a growing ...
In conducting its mission to explore the limits of speed and even venture above the atmosphere to the edge of space, the X-15 program would provide valuable data for use in solving the problems to be ...
Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “The occupiers thought they could surprise us with their new toy, but we’ve dealt with such things before,” the caption to the released via ...
Air defense has been around since people began going up in the air in balloons. That's not something many think of today, but during the American Civil War, the Union Army Balloon Corps pushed the ...
A mysterious inflatable resembling a Russian missile launcher has heightened fears among people living near the airfield where it was spotted. A photo of the "anti-aircraft battery" was snatched at a ...
14:27, Wed, Nov 5, 2025 Updated: 14:30, Wed, Nov 5, 2025 Rebels in Sudan claimed to have shot down a Russian-made transport plane as it flew over territory under their control. The IL-76 plane ...
A couple walked away unharmed after their small plane crashed in Arizona on Monday, authorities have confirmed. According to a statement shared with PEOPLE from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, ...