The Vickers Swallow was decades ahead of its time—but it never left the drawing board. Designed in the 1950s as both a ...

In the 1970s, the United States sought to develop a new supersonic bomber from scratch to replace ... and capable of carrying nuclear ordinance. And last but not least, it was costly, with a ...

Not every experimental jet fighter made by the U.S. military would go on to reach production, for any number of reasons.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator craft could become the first commercial jet to break the sound barrier since Concorde after acing its 11th test and reaching 0.95 Mach at low altitudes.

The Air Force argued not quite so hard for a more advanced supersonic nuclear jet bomber. All believed that the Russians might soon have an atomic plane ready for testing. The U.S.’s atomic ...

In 1963, the Lockheed A-12 (code-named “Archangel”) became America’s first supersonic stealth plane. Incredibly fast, much ...

Two B-1B nuclear-capable strategic bombers of the U.S. Air Force flew ... The B-1B is a four-engine supersonic variable-sweep wing, jet-powered heavy strategic bomber with a speed of Mach 2.

While the U.S. had two strategic bombers at the end of the 1950s, neither craft possessed the range or speed to reach the Soviet Union and evade their interceptors. With its six inline turbojet ...

After the cancellation of a more ambitious B-1A bomber in the ... at low altitude and deliver nuclear strikes. Its swing wings could tuck in to reduce drag for low-supersonic flight, or extend ...

It can fly at supersonic speed to Mach 1.2 with an intercontinental flight range. The bomber deployment to Guam followed the arrival of America's F-35A stealth fighter jets at Kadena Air Base on ...

The Su-24 are supersonic two-seater attack ... It is understood that Russia has at least 500 nuclear weapons designated for use by its bombers, according to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.