The Fighter Writer: Ron Easley's Aviation Blog

Today marks the first flight of the famed Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker on 31 August 1956.  By the following spring, the USAF had a grand tota...

Into the early 1950s, both the Air Force and the NACA had maintained a continuing interest in high-performance turboprop aircraft.  NACA wa...

While conducting research for a new book on early USAF interceptor development, I wanted to find out about the combat record of F-94s, the f...

So far, I am very gratified that the reviews of my recent book have been generally very positive. The process has been very educational so f...

Today, April 16th, commemorates an event that led to a major crisis within NATO and led to the exit of one of the major Allied powers from t...