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Today in Aviation History: Operation Jericho
On this day in aviation history, February 18, 1944, the Royal Air Force launched a daring mission to liberate imprisoned French resistance fighters through a low-level precision bombing mission that ...
It can attain altitudes of 45,100 feet, speeds of up to 630 mph, and a range of up to 6,800 nautical miles – if no refueling ...
The fighter version of the aircraft, which would be denoted as the Gnat F.1, was exported to Finland, Yugoslavia, and India, ...
Nicknamed the "flying Oval Office," modern Air Force One planes are equipped with everything the president might need.
Since opening in 1972, the RAF Museum has gathered a collection of some 130 historic aircraft, more than 80 of which stand on display. There’s the Westland Lysander, famous for ferrying Allied ...
The Royal Air Force additionally operated a GCS alongside the U.S. Air Force Reaper force at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, until 2022. Control stations house the complex electronics and systems ...
The UK’s Royal Air Force has successfully recycled retired Tornado jet parts into useable components for its future Tempest ...
The move is a complete reversal of the Air Force's decision to no longer teach the history of the first Black and women pilots of WWII ...