10 Airlines That Went Bankrupt And Never Recovered

Explore the rise and fall of iconic airlines like TWA, Pan Am, and more - brands that defined the golden age of air travel ...
The National Interest

This 1950s Aircraft Was Armed with Air-to-Air Nuclear Weapons

Here’s What You Need to Know: The F-89J became the Air Defense Command’s first fighter-interceptor to carry nuclear armament. The all-weather, twin-engine Northrop F-89 Scorpion was the first ...

Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today

Delta CEO Ed Bastian also revealed that, due to aging air traffic control systems, it actually takes longer today to fly from ...
Military.com

This Air Force Base Is Using 1950s Tech to Give F-35 Pilots More Flight Time

The Air Force is turning to half-century-old refueling equipment to get its pilots off the flight lines and back up into the air as quickly as possible. The U.S. Air Force has used hot refueling in ...
BND

AUTODIN: The Air Force’s first high speed data communications network unveiled in the mid 1950s

In the mid 1950s, the Department of the Air Force had a manual data communications system for punched card traffic and a separate system for teletype communications. These manual data systems had ...