Author: Jake Thompson

Few aircraft have been able to stay in the game as long—or wield such international power—as the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress. Rolled out in

When nations are competing to win air superiority, there are no holds barred. Contemporary fighter jets are engineering masterpieces that combine speed, stealth, and firepower

It’s been over two decades since the Concorde took its last flight, but the vision of supersonic commercial travel is flying back into the headlines—this

M60 is a Cold War symbol, one of the most prominent Cold War armored vehicles. It was a bridge vehicle between the World War II-era

The Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche is the most spectacular—and helpful—episode in the chronicle of U.S. military aviation. As a stealthy recon and light-attack copter, the Comanche

There are a few World War II aircraft that enthrall the imagination or provoke controversy to the same extent as the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. With

The .45 ACP is the American classic—designed by John Browning in 1905 and forever popularized by the iconic M1911. The 1911 has been a favorite

It was the 1980s when the old service rifles in Italy started to groan and creak. The police and military needed a new, advanced weapon