The Largest Airborne Operation of the Second World War
Operation Varsity dropped 16.000 men just east of the Rhine in support of the Allied…
Why Airpower Always Failed
The aeroplane is an enemy of the organized existence of the people. This sentences from…
Weaponization of Nostalgia: The Fighter Mafia
How did a small group of pilots and civilians try to influence the design, development…
Beyond Hype: How To Rate Military Power?
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in a number of questions on how we…
Ukraine: No-Fly Zone
A No-Fly Zone over Ukraine is a very popular topic at the moment. But there…
The Russian Air Force in Ukraine
The 'absence' of the Russian Air Force (strictly speaking the Aerospace Forces - VKS) in…
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
When the RAF Museum in London told me I could sit in their F-4 Phantom…
deHavilland Sea Vixen
Twin-engine, twin-boom, two-seat, missiles, no guns and with a personalized starter pod - the Sea…
Northrop F-5E Tiger II
From Freedom Fighter to Tiger II to 'MiG-28', the Northrop F-5 had quite the career.…