The J-20 Stealth Fighter Could Be the ‘Star’ in China’s Version of Top Gun
Reports are beginning to surface that China is developing a Top Gun-like movie to promote the PLA and their new J-20 fighter. While unconfirmed, the move would be consistent with Chinese aims to…
The SR-71 Blackbird Was So Fast It Went from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C in an Hour
Aahh, the dear old SR-71 Blackbird, subject of my first-ever article for 19FortyFive. Arguably the crowning achievement of aerospace engineering genius Clarence “Kelly” Johnson and his legendary Skunk Works program at Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Still…
What It Was Like To Fly the SR-71 Blackbird, The World’s Fastest Jet
A veteran pilot explains the intricacies of the fastest jet ever. A veteran U.S. Air Force pilot and current volunteer at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has…
US Tests Top SECRET Hypersonic Aircraft to Beat SR-72 (VIDEO)
Hermeus’ hypersonic Quarterhorse jet might just be the jet of the future, possibly retiring even Lockheed Martin’s jet of the future – the hypersonic SR-72 – before…
The U.S. Navy Is About to Get Its Hands on the Most Technologically Advanced Aircraft Carrier Ever Built
The USS Gerald R. Ford is the first is a series of new Ford-class carriers designed with a host of emerging technologies to address anticipated future threats…
U.S. Navy: An Aircraft Carrier Superpower for a Reason
Including amphibious assault ships (LHA), there are now 47 active aircraft carriers in the world, operated by fourteen navies. More than a third of the flattops are…
The U.S. Military Will Soon Have New F-35 Fighters
No Lockheed Martin F-35 has ever been shot down, and while Iran has claimed it has the capability to lock onto the fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Israeli…
Ford: The Navy’s Biggest and Most Expensive Aircraft Carrier Had Finally Set Sail
After a short delay, the U.S. Navy’s newest, most advanced, and most expensive aircraft carrier finally began her maiden deployment on Tuesday from Norfolk, Virginia. Though it…
Ukraine’s 5 Most Powerful Weapons to Fight Russia
The size of a weapon doesn’t always matter in wartime. Even if Ukraine possessed something on the scale of the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built,…
Republic of Korea Army K136 Kooryong Multiple Launch Rocket System (MRLS)
The K136 Kooryong is a South Korean rocket artillery system that was deployed in 1986. The first extended rocket developed by South Korea, the 36 extended 130mm…