Air Races

The Planes Were Close. The Pilots Were Not. The F-86 Sabre vs MiG-15 debate has gotten complicated with all the spec-sheet noise flying around. Thrust-to-weight...

Compare the SR-71 Blackbird and MiG-25 Foxbat by mission, speed, altitude, range, radar, weapons, airframe design and intercept geometry.

Me 262 vs Gloster Meteor — Who Flew First in Combat Two Jets Racing to Change the War The Me 262 vs Gloster Meteor debate...

Two Legends, One Contested Sky The P-51 Mustang versus Focke-Wulf 190 debate has gotten complicated with all the spec-sheet noise flying around. As someone who’s...

B-52 Stratofortress vs Tu-95 Bear — Cold War Skies Two Bombers Built to End the World The B-52 Stratofortress vs Tu-95 Bear cold war skies...

Why This Matchup Actually Mattered Pacific air combat history has gotten complicated with all the spec-sheet arguments flying around. As someone who spent years digging...

Two Jets That Shocked the World The MiG-15 vs F-86 Sabre debate has gotten complicated with all the myth, nationalistic revisionism, and flat-out bad math...

Two Very Different Ideas About What a Fighter Should Be The P-38 Lightning vs P-47 Thunderbolt debate has gotten complicated with all the armchair analysis...

Two Heavyweights Built for Different Wars The P-47 Thunderbolt vs FW 190 debate has gotten complicated with all the myth and half-remembered legend flying around....

Two Legendary Fighters, One Summer That Changed Everything The Messerschmitt Bf 109 vs. Spitfire debate has gotten complicated with all the myths and half-truths flying...