The Ryan X-13 Vertijet was the Air Force’s 1950s answer to runway vulnerability: a tail-sitting jet that hovered on thrust, transitioned to level flight, and recovered by hooking a vertical line on a ...

There are certain aircraft that we hope are never used in anger. The Boeing E-4B Nightwatch is one of these. Often referred to as the "Doomsday" plane, the highly modified aircraft is a militarized ...

Among the many unique traditions that have become custom on aircraft carriers over the decades is a strange one involving ...