Click to open image viewer. NASM-9A19521: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) ferry pilot in the cockpit of a Bell P-63A Kingcobra; circa 1944. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information.

The MiG-29 and Su-27 were the Soviet Union's iconic fighter jets of the Cold War, but these dogfighters served sometimes very ...

From 1951 to 1959, the FBI and Air Force ran Operation Washtub, a covert program that trained bush pilots, trappers, hunters and miners to operate as covert agents if Soviet paratroopers ever landed ...

The Foxbat could fly at extreme speeds—but in doing so, it would risk damage to the airframe and engines, which were far less sophisticated than their American counterparts. The National Museum of the ...