The United States came to the Second World War with the greatest industrial production in history the force which decided the war. From a peacetime economy, the country’s industry converted overnight to the output of wartime, turning out American aircraft by the thousands, using every advantage of the nation’s engineering ingenuity, and its vast networks […]
Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus: A Deep Dive into the Modern Military Tanker
While military aircraft such as fighter planes or strategic bombers play an important role in contemporary aerial warfare, they are not the only factors ensuring an organization’s air superiority. Long-range aircraft, along with the support of transport planes, are essential for maintaining peacetime patrols, conducting humanitarian operations, reconnaissance, overseas missions, and other tasks. Refueling operations […]
The Art of Aviation: Britain’s 11 Most Beautiful Aircraft Designs
Many of the most remembered British planes have graced the skies over the decades but relatively few have received universal praise for anything more than engineering excellence alone. Throughout British aviation’s past and present, the country’s engineers created some of the most visually stunning aircraft the world has ever witnessed as if to prove their […]
Winged Wonders: 10 Unlikely Aircraft Successes of WWII
During World War II aviation was making an incredible progress. Every Nation sought to out-flank the enemy in the air and many ideas were tried. At the time some of these seemed impossible to consider and were believed not to be down-to-earth. But as history has shown, numerous doubters are wrong. Not only did some […]
Beyond the Dogfights: 12 Legendary Fighter Aircraft of WWII
Deciding on the greatest fighter plane of World War II is much harder than simply ranking them by speed, armament, or the sheer quantity of aircraft produced. Each of the major nations entered the war with different military priorities, technological base, and ground conditions to deal with. Aircraft ranged from interceptors intended to intercept high […]
Problematic Planes: A Look at the US Navy’s Worst Aircraft
For years the United States Navy has been known as one of the top naval aviation organisations in the world; they have operated aircraft that made aviation history, and implemented technology that brought aviation into the future. From devastating fighters, to cutting edge recon platforms, the U.S. Navy has manufactured aircraft that gained renown in […]
Britain’s 10 Best Fighter Aircraft of World War II
The outcome of the World war II was influenced by numerous factors both on the fronts and in the seas, but the battles above the cities, harbors, and military objectives were not inferior to them. British fighters were engaged in defending cities, ports, and attacking enemy planes, as well as protecting their own bombers. The […]
Legendary Aircraft That Defined World War II
A History Of WWII Planes and Technology In World War II, an entirely new level of aviation came to pass. Airplanes that had previously been pretty simplistic and fairly rudimentary vehicles were quickly engineered to become formidable, campaign-deciding weapons. The sky became a deadly battlefield as planes fought above Europe, the Pacific, North Africa and […]
WWII’s Eyes in the Sky: 10 Reconnaissance Planes of Great Significance
World War II is often associated with the battles fought in the skies, where the best dogfighters met in the most spectacular clashes. However, there is another category of aircraft that made significant contributions to the war effort and served in even greater numbers. They carried out reconnaissance missions over enemy territory, photographing and gathering […]
P-47 Thunderbolt: 10 Facts About WWII’s Flying Juggernaut
Most of us think about America’s legendary fighter planes from World War II as the P-51 Mustang. But another plane gained almost the same historic status by virtue of its sheer power, robustness, and effectiveness. It was called the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, or “Jug” to its pilots, due to its similarity to a “Juggernaut.” Although […]