The U.S. Air Force is eyeing more powerful, fuel-efficient engines for extended range and increased stealth as key requirements for its next air superiority fighter.
If your kid is thinking of going to flight school and maybe incurring serious student debt—or in your name—to become a commercial pilot, you might want to reconsider after reading this.
Dann Runik still gets chills when he remembers the morning of March 1, 1978. He was in the cockpit of a DC-8 at LAX as he watched Continental Flight 603, a heavily laden DC-10, lumber down Runway 6R on its takeoff roll.
Orbital ATK’s medium-lift booster to put space surveillance satellite into orbit for U.S. Air Force.
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