The Fighter Writer: Ron Easley's Aviation Blog

I'm dusting things off here and starting work on a new manuscript for a book on the development of high-speed flight.  Most attention ha...

Good evening, fighter fans! Having moved a little over a year ago, unpacking, embarking on a new career and basically settling in, I'v...

After the conclusion of the Korean War, the Communist Chinese began construction of at least ten new airfields across the Taiwan Straits fr...

Selected North Vietnamese pilots had begun training in China to operate MiG-15s  and MiG-17s  in 1960.   By the end of 1962 this contingent...

Yesterday's news reports of the publication of a declassified 1956 Strategic Air Command study of proposed targets has for many reasons...

Last week saw the celebration of the 61st anniversary of the first flight of the F-101 Voodoo, on 29 September 1954.  Ship No.1, 53-2418, ha...