What You Need to Know: The Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA (Multi-Axis No Tail Aircraft) was a conceptual design developed in partnership with NASA starting in 1999. The delta-wing aircraft, lacking a ...

The last time the Air Force operated an agile single-engine tailwheel airplane was in 1972 when it turned the last of its Douglas A-1E, A-1H and A-1J Skyraiders over to the South Vietnamese Air Force.

Claim: Photograph shows the tail number of Air Force One to be 'N166ER.' FALSE: Example: [Collected via e-mail, February 2009] LOOK AT THE TAIL SECTION! Check the tail number on Air Force 1 .

The Air Force has ordered inspections of a number of aircraft, including jets based at Offutt, after discovering faulty parts that could potentially cause the aircraft’s tail to fall off ...

New Delhi: The tail number of the first Rafale aircraft which was received by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in France today is RB-01. The tail number is named after IAF Chief designate Air Marshal ...

The Air Force also operates the 707-based E-3 Sentry and E-8 JSTAR command and control jets, however, but these don’t appear to have received the non-conformal pins.

B-1 Crew Makes 'Emergency Landing' Request in Newly Released Audio; Air Force Grounds Entire B-1 Bomber Fleet Over Ejection Seat Concerns; B-1 Ejection Seat Failure Not Affecting Deployed ...