Tag: Cold War

The Promising Beginning and Sudden End of the BAC TSR.2

First flying in September 1964, the TSR.2 was designed as a tactical…

Boeing’s B-47 Stratojet Goes Cold War Spying: The story of the RB-47

Originally designed as a medium bomber, the B-47 also had a lesser…

The Soviet Union’s First Jet Bomber: The Ilyushin Il-28 ‘Beagle’

Making a flyover appearance at the 1950 Soviet May Day parade, the…

Sweden’s Flying Dragon: The Saab J 35 Draken

One of the most aesthetically pleasing and most recognizable aircraft to the…

A Parasitic Goblin: The Story of the XF-85

Looking more like a flying egg than a jet fighter, the XF-85…