Even though airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft play an extremely important role today, the first conflict to see an extensive use of AEW platforms was the Vietnam War. Unlike the US Navy, initially ...

PublishDat=0:00BodyText1 =Twenty-four Americans are being held by the Chinese after their reconnaissance plane was forced down over international waters. Despite the extensive media coverage afforded ...

MISAWA, Japan — The wreath of flowers quickly broke apart after being tossed into the foaming tide. Chief Petty Officer Erin Piazza and Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Rico watched for a moment ...

THE pilots of Sopwith Tabloids, French Nieuports and German Taubes opened the age of aerial combat by taking potshots at one another with rifles in the skies of World War I Europe. But the first ...

The weak can be rash. The powerful must be restrained. SO said William Rogers last week after North Korean MIGs shot down a Navy EC-121 reconnaissance plane. The Secretary of State’s observation was ...

Key point: There is evidence that the United States put its nuclear forces in the region on alert during the EC-121 crisis. April 15, 1969 marked one of the deadliest days for the United States in ...