Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 0 intro 17 xf 90 usaf 0 0 0 0 0 2 USAF Since the early 1940s, the United States has created some of the most capable fighter ...

In 1945, as the U.S. Army Air Force recognized the need for a “penetrating escort” jet capable of accompanying strategic bombers deep into Soviet territory, Kelly Johnson, chief designer at Lockheed’s ...

On this day in aviation history, June 3, 1949-75 years ago-the Lockheed XF-90 took to the skies for the first time. Developed in response to a U.S. Air Force requirement for a long-range bomber escort ...

What looks like a flying egg, was never designed to land, and was so light it could be thrown off course by its own guns? Introducing the Goblin XF-85 – the Cold War compact fighter designed to be ...