by David Axe | Sep 13, 2012 | Monitor
F-22 Raptors. Photo: Air Force Mitt Romney says he wants to re-open production of America’s topline stealth fighter program. One problem: The Air Force still isn’t sure why the planes were intermittently choking their pilots for more than a decade. Thanks...
by David Axe | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
A WB-57F taking off. Photo: via David Cenciotti They’re 49 years old, ugly and owned by NASA, not the Pentagon. But two modified WB-57F Canberras are now among America’s most important warplanes. With anonymous-looking white paint jobs, the Canberras have...
by Matthew Wallin | Aug 27, 2012 | Monitor
With the saddening news of Neil Armstrong’s passing this weekend, my thoughts returned again to the public diplomacy power of NASA and the American space program. The field of space exploration is one in which the U.S. has reigned supreme since the Apollo crew’s famed...