Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: AIM-132 Missile
Today, I’ll discuss a weapon that was originally designed for aviation use but is currently employed in Ukraine solely as...
American Attack Aircraft, Part 6: Experiments of the 1930s
In parallel with the production and deployment of the A-12 attack aircraft, the U.S. Army Air Corps tested several other...
First American Attack Aircraft, Part 5: Production A-12 “Shrike”
Although Curtiss won the 1931 competition for a new attack aircraft, its A-8 did not enter mass production. The main...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: SDB Guided Bomb
In May 2024, reports confirmed that Ukrainian aviation had used U.S.-made GBU-39/B guided bombs, also known as SDBs – Small Diameter Bombs....
First American Attack Aircraft, Part 4: On the Eve of the 1930s
In the early 1930s, the U.S. finally introduced its first production attack aircraft: the Curtiss A-3 biplane. The plane proved...
American Attack Aircraft, Part 3: The First Production Variants
As mentioned in the previous part, in 1925 the leadership of the U.S. Army Air Service concluded that large, armored...
First American Attack Aircrafts, Part 2: Alternative Projects of the Early 1920s
The GA-1 and GA-2 aircraft, discussed in the first part of this series, were not the only early American attempts...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: AASM/HAMMER Precision-Guided Bombs
Almost every week, reports emerge of successful use by Ukrainian aviation of French-made precision-guided bombs (PGBs), known as AASM or...
The First American Attack Aircrafts: Development Path, Part 1
I’m willing to bet that many of my readers are fans of one of the iconic American combat aircraft – the A-10...