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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: The Heavy Cruise Missile “Flamingo”
Recently, the Ukrainian defense startup Fire Point unveiled its heavy cruise missile called Flamingo. Let’s take a closer look at what...
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....
Why Modern Aircraft Still Crash and How Each Tragedy Shapes Aviation Safety
The Air India Flight 171 accident in July this year came as a shock to both the public and aviation...
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...
Weapons of Ukraine’s Victory: Modern Long-Range ERAM Missiles
The Trump administration has approved the sale of 3,350 long-range ERAM missiles to Ukraine. In this piece, we’ll take a...
Weapon of Ukrainian Victory: Saab ASC 890 Early Warning and Control Aircraft (Saab 340 AEW&C)
Recently, it was announced that Sweden provided Ukraine with a Saab ASC 890 (Saab 340 AEW&C) early warning and control...
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...