McDonnell XF-88B Voodoo Prototype with a nose-mounted Allison T38 turboprop running. Early 1950s.
McDonnell XF-88B Voodoo, a combined power aircraft, technically the first prop aircraft to go supersonic.
The US Navy modified its carriers to operate jets. USS Oriskany was the first. She is shown at Yokosuka, 17 March 1954, with Skyraider attack bombers forward and jet fighters (Banshees and Cougars) aft HERF
BuAer chose an exotic design in 1946, the tailless Cutlass (F7U). It is shown here in 1951 with the equally exotic Douglas Skyray (F4D), which won the 1948 interceptor competition HERF
9 MT warhead one blew up out of Little Rock AFB and blew the warhead quite some distance out of the silo. They were taken out of service shortly thereafter. The last liquid fueled US missile used.
9 MT warhead one blew up out of Little Rock AFB and blew the warhead quite some distance out of the silo. They were taken out of service shortly thereafter. The last liquid fueled US missile used.
F-14 from VF-114 from the USS America intercepts a Soviet Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft, presumably playing snooper. This photograph was released in September 1981 HERF