KF-21 Boramae – South Korea’s Latest Fighter
The KF-21 Boramae is a new fourth-generation fighter from South Korea, one that bares an uncanny resemblance to the F-22
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Author: Patrick M Johnson
Ilyushin IL-76 Candid – Jack of all Trades
Strategic and tactical airlift is a major responsibility assigned to most air forces around the world, and nations which possess
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MiG 19 Farmer – Agricultural Design
Soviet post-war fighter production had introduced two superlative subsonic fighters; the MiG 15 ‘Fagot’ and the MiG 17 ‘Fresco’. While
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The Fearsome Flanker Family
The Soviet Union produced a staggering array of combat aircraft in the decades following the conclusion of the Second World
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MiG 17 Fresco – High-Subsonic Performance
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 17 ‘Fresco’ (NATO reporting name) was a high-subsonic/transonic fighter developed by the Soviet Union in the 1950s
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator – Better than the B-17?
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American four-engine heavy bomber that served with distinction with Allied forces in the Second
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B-25 Mitchell – The Aircraft Carrier based Bomber
The North American B-25 Mitchell is one of the most iconic combat aircraft of the Second World War, and the
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt – The Jug
The P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the most famous combat aircraft of the Second World War, beloved by the pilots
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Blohm & Voss BV 138 – The Sea Dragon
During the course of the Second World War, most of the combatant nations employed flying boats or seaplanes in a
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