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The B-66 Destroyer: The Bomber That Never Actually Dropped a Bomb
The Douglas B-66 Destroyer was developed during the early 1950s for the US Air Force as a jet-powered replacement for the World War II-vintage Douglas A-26 Invader, the North American B-45 Tornado, and the Martin B-57 Canberra. Air Force specifications called for the new jet bomber to deliver a 10,000 pound payload (including “special” weapons) […] More
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That Other Air Force Tanker: The Flexible Capable KC-10A Extender
They say there’s “no kicking *ss without tanker gas.” NKAWTG. With so much churn associated with the development of the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus next generation aerial refueling tanker, we sometimes forget about the most recent adaptation of a commercial aircraft for the military tanker role. The McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender is built on the DC-10-30CF […] More
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Northrop’s Unmistakable Black Widow: When Death Waited in the Dark
The distinctive Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first operational American warplane designed from the ground up to be utilized as a night fighter and to be equipped with radar in a nose-mounted configuration. However, the aircraft was actually first conceived in 1940 as an answer to a plea from the Royal Air Force for […] More
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