Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons For decades, Iran's air force was unable to keep up with its enemies. Decades of sanctions and political isolation saw the nation flying planes that would be museum pieces elsewhere—ancient F-4 Phantoms, F-5 Tigers, and a handful of MiG-29s that have better ...

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Su-75 Checkmate: Hype vs Reality in Russia’s Fighter Program

Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons When Russia unveiled the Su-75 "Checkmate" stealth fighter, it was touted as a revolutionary machine—a clean, cheap fifth-generation aircraft designed to compete with the U.S. F-35 and make stealth within the reach of smaller countries. But in mid-2025, that ...

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B-36 Peacemaker: The Cold War’s Massive Deterrent Bomber

Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons The Convair B-36 Peacemaker ranks among the very best planes ever to take to the skies—a creation of need, of innovation, of deep strategic necessity in the early Cold War era. Its origins begin at World War II, when U.S. war planners feared that Great Brita ...

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Lockheed XF-90: The Heavy-Duty Jet Tested Against Nukes

Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons During the early Cold War, the United States had a pressing issue: how could its bombers travel safely to faraway enemy targets without evading quicker interceptors, long-range missiles, and the constant danger of nuclear war? Image Source: Bing Image. License ...

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