To compensate for the considerable advantages the F-4 Phantoms had over MiG-21s, the North Vietnamese developed innovative ...

Colonel Tomb was supposedly a double ace of the VPAF who scored anywhere from twelve to fourteen air-to-air kills against American warplanes. As the saying goes, “The first casualty of war is truth.” ...

To bolster its beleaguered Army of the Republic of Vietnam ally, the U.S. military sent airpower assets in force. As I’ve ...

Entertaining crowds since 1953, the United States Air Force Thunderbirds are one of the world’s best known aerial demonstrations teams, dazzling ...

America’s F-15 Eagle project began in the late 1960s as a response to the experiences of the Vietnam War, where U.S. warplanes such as the F-4 Phantom II were challenged by agile Soviet-built ...

Stretching back to WWII, the history of Russian jet development is intertwined with that of the United States. Here are the ...

Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...

If the U.S. got into a multidomain shooting war like Vietnam, fighter jets would carry a huge load ... The frontline fighter jet in the 1960s was the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II. Its two G.E. J79 ...

Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago.

Lt. Col. Donald Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission when his plane disappeared in a ...

Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane disappeared.

Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing over the skies of Vietnam nearly 60 years ago ...