The Ford-class is pricey, but the Navy can’t just throw away its ability to launch fighter jets from the sea. The journey of the U.S. Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers has not been smooth sailing.
The SR-71 was a Cold War marvel, developed decades ahead of ... outrun surface-to-air missiles – which would permit the aircraft to operate behind enemy lines with limited consequences.
A 70-year-old aircraft used to track Soviet submarines during the Cold War has arrived in North Yorkshire ... and then at the end of her career she was a flying radar station." ...
The aircraft has been moved to its new home at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington near York A 70-year-old aircraft used to track Soviet submarines during the Cold War has arrived in North ...