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The A-10 Warthog’s Days Are Numbered

The A-10 Warthog earned devotion by saving lives at low altitude with a giant cannon and stubborn armor. -But the Air Force is retiring it for five interlocking reasons: it can’t survive modern air ...
The Firebird I was a jet-powered Firebird from GM that flew too close to the sun, and like Icarus, the program eventually ...
Flying economy across the Atlantic doesn’t have to mean sacrificing comfort for savings. With airlines increasingly ...
The pristine white exterior creates a striking visual against the blue Delaware sky, particularly when sunlight plays across its curved surface. A set of retractable stairs descends from the bottom, ...
A little-known company based in Boulder, Colorado, is pursuing an ambitious, borderline outlandish goal: creating the world’s ...
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, has successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a ...
Today, Lufthansa remains the world's largest operator of the passenger version of the Boeing 747, using the 747-8I on its ...
The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly ...
The Spanish government has authorized the procurement of a new system for modern fighter pilot training featuring a ...
Deal will leverage Airbus's expertise with Turkish Aerospace's innovative design of Hurjet, a supersonic, single-engine, ...
Long before engineers spun 3D models of airplanes on screens, they designed them with pencils, rulers, and plenty of patience ...