By the end of the war military aircraft had advanced at an astonishing rate from basic fighters to complex warplanes designed to control the air space, defend formations of bombers, destroy land based targets and support the fleet. In every theatre of operations Europe, the Pacific and the Eastern Front engineers relentlessly improved engines, aerodynamics, […]
The Evolution of Air Combat: 8 Pivotal VTOL Warplanes
The speed, flexibility, and strategic advantage has always defined the history of air combat. Since the first propeller-powered fighters, to the new generation of stealth jets, with each new generation of aircrafts, the way wars are fought in the air are redefined. Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft are among the most audacious efforts to […]