Tag: Cold War

The Super Starfighter: Story of the Lockheed CL-1200 Lancer

Conceived as a high-performance fighter for the export market, the Lockheed CL-1200…

A Look Back at the AGM-69A Short-Range Attack Missile

Originally designed by Boeing to neutralize SAM threats and improve the survivability…

A Brief History of the DEFCON System

Created during the Cold War as a system of progressive levels of…

The Overlooked Role of the Vought RF-8A and VFP-62 in the Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps RF-8A Crusaders played an important, often forgotten,…

An Aircraft so Bad it Made People Literally Sick: The Republic XF-84H “Thunderscreech”

The XF-84H was an ambitious project to reverse-engineer a jet-powered F-84 into…

A Lone Two-Seater: The Story of the YA-10B Warthog

Designed for all-weather, night attacks, the two-seat YA-10B was meant to counter…