June 19, 2007: The U.S. Air Force is shifting from high-explosive 20mm shells in its F-22, F-16 and F-15 fighters, because of the risk of those shells exploding in the barrel, and the availability of ...
March 9, 2007: The U.S. Air Force has started using a new 20mm round for its aircraft cannon. The PGU-28A/B round has a higher velocity (because of more propellant), and the shell has a more ...
An American World War II B-17 aircraft navigator, Elmer Bendiner from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, wrote a book called The Fall of Fortresses chronicling some of Europe’s deadliest air raids. In the book, ...
At the time, it was considered a miracle. On July 30, 1943, an American B-17 Flying Fortress, the “Tondelayo,” survived a bombing run on Kassel, Germany. When the Tondelayo returned to its base in ...
WASHINGTON--The Pentagon has a new dream weapon. Alliant Techsystems Integrated Defense is building the U.S. military's new infantry rifle--which it brags will be 500 times more lethal than the ...
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