The U.S. military’s new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can’t turn fast enough to defeat a much older F-16 in mock air combat, according to an official test pilot report that War Is Boring obtained. So how ...

On an overcast afternoon in 1967, 1st Lt. David Waldrop was in the cockpit of an F-105D—call sign “Crossbow 3”—as part of a mixed force of 36 F-105s and F-4 Phantoms aiming to strike Yen Vien, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 24—If anyone driving southbound on Interstate 5 in Chehalis this week was worried when they saw the Veterans Memorial ...

In the early years of the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union were engineering and producing new fighter jets and bombers at a historic rate. The Korean War saw the first combat ...

Before the Thunderchief ever flew, researchers had already discovered that many early jet aircraft slowed near the speed of sound. The engines were strong enough, but the air resisted them, and drag ...

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, known to its crews as the Thud, was a cornerstone of US Air Force strike capability during the early Cold War and Vietnam War. Designed in the 1950s as a supersonic ...

The Mach 2, 25-ton F-105 could create an enormous sonic boom. During the Vietnam War, the fighter-bomber flew dangerous missions and suffered heavy losses. In May 1968, the Vietnam War was at its peak ...

Like the red, white and blue jet their father flew, the one perched on a pedestal outside the Thunderbirds hangar at Nellis Air Force Base made their hearts soar Friday when the team rededicated the ...

Many think that the “clover leaf” panels at the rear of the F-105 are part of its engine. However, they are there for another, actually opposite reason. They help slow the Thunderchief down during ...

Click to open image viewer. The F-105 was designed as a supersonic, single-seat, fighter-bomber capable of carrying nuclear weapons or heavy bomb loads at supersonic speeds. The F-105D variant was an ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The F-35 pilot in the JSF-on-F-16 test reported a similar dynamic. “Insufficient pitch rate,” the F-35 flier complained about his stealthy fighter-bomber. In a ...