Our airplanes use vertical stabilizers, why? And the masters of the air (birds) don't. Birds are very efficient compared to our man-made birds, taking into consideration the energy they use to fly vs ...

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On August 12, 1985, Japan Air Flight 123 departed Tokyo for a routine one-hour flight to Osaka carrying 524 people. Just minutes after takeoff, a catastrophic structural failure ripped apart the ...

A dignified transfer for the remains of the three Ohio airmen who died in Iraq will take place on March 18 at Dover Air Force ...

This week's mid-air crash between two Air Force jets that killed six flight crew members​ over Iraq is hitting close to home in Northern California.

Driving Industry Progress Through Technical Expertise and Stable Material Supply CALIFORNIA, CA, UNITED STATES, March ...

Six U.S. Air Force members died after a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq during Operation Epic Fury, CENTCOM ...

The attack on Prince Sultan Air Base brings the total number of tankers damaged during Operation Epic Fury to six, with a ...

The KC-135 tanker was involved in an apparent accident with another KC-135. The other aircraft landed safely, officials said.

Your old columnist has been remembering life as it used to be as I was growing up here in southwest Nebraska. Sue Doak has a great weekly column in the Gazette about the early history of this area, ...

The KC-135 was reportedly lost after an incident involving another aircraft in friendly airspace over western Iraq; the second aircraft landed safely. A KC-135 was lost during Operation Epic Fury, U.S ...

The loss of a KC-135 Stratotanker and its six crew members in the skies above Iraq is drawing reaction from one Air Force veteran. Dana Crosby now lives in the Coachella Valley. He served in the Air ...