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 ...

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 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 ...

This post has been updated. On April 15, 1969, a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane took off in from an airbase in Japan on a ...

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 ...

After President Trump threatened last week to “totally destroy” North Korea, the country’s foreign minister responded by claiming that the president has “declared war” and that North Korea has the ...

As the Iron Curtain descended across Europe, the United States was desperately trying to gather intelligence on Soviet activities across the continent. On April 8th, 1950, a PB4Y-2 Privateer — a ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most well-known spy plane encounters happened in the perpetually-contentious South China Sea. A Chinese pilot in a J-8 Finback fighter aircraft, previously ...

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a feature on the Boeing E-3 Sentry - an airborne warning and control system aircraft that was developed in the 1970s to provide intelligence and surveillance ...