SEASPRAY: America’s First Ultra-Black Ops Aviation Unit
When you think of “special operations” and “aviation”, perhaps the number one name that comes to mind is the 160th Special Operations Aviation [read more...]
Black Projects Division
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Check Out This Picture of an Airline Fleet Which Doesn’t “Exist”
This is the only picture you might ever see of an airline fleet that doesn’t actually exist. Popularly known as “JANET”, short for Just Another Non [read more...]
Neptune Spear and the Crash of Prince 51.
Five Years Ago Today: One of the most successful special operations missions in history took place. But how it will be remembered is still changing. [read more...]
America’s Most Secret Airline Now Accepting Pilot Applications
If you’ve heard of Area 51, the Air Force’s top secret highly-guarded facility out in the Nevada desert, chances are you’ve also heard of Janet. And as it [read more...]
The SR-71’s Record-Breaking Transatlantic Crossing
September 1st, 1974, was pretty much just another average day for New Yorkers. It didn’t look like either the Yankees or the Mets would make the playoffs (neither did), [read more...]
Piasecki’s X-49 is the Fastest Sea Hawk in Existence
Historically speaking, Piasecki Aircraft is no stranger to designing aircraft that challenge the current mainstays of aviation, specifically in the world of rotorcraft. [read more...]
Redeveloping the F-4 Phantom II into a Mach 3+ Fighter/Spy Plane
Few aircraft in history have flown to the same level of distinction as McDonnell Douglas’ F-4 Phantom II. It was the jet that ushered in a new age of fighter aviation, [read more...]
Buick Nailhead V8s: The Unsung Heroes of the Oxcart/Blackbird Program
Two men in orange pressure suits exit a navy blue van near a shelter at Beale Air Force Base, California. Though they look the part, they’re not astronauts. However, [read more...]
EXCLUSIVE: An Interview with ████████████
Recently, we had an exclusive opportunity to chat with ████ ████████ of the █████ ██████ ███████. Our interview [read more...]
Blackbird’s Revenge
A while back, I came across a fantastic recollection from a former SR-71 pilot of the United States Air Force about his experience at an airshow in England in the 1980s. [read more...]
