The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk has a few distinctive historical claims to fame. Perhaps the most famous example is the fact that a Skyhawk was flown by eventual U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain on the day of his shootdown that resulted in his harrowing 5.5-year experience as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton.
Though it failed to “make the team,” so to speak, the X-32 does live on, at least as a museum piece, thus assuring it some degree of “gone but not forgotten” status.
MiG-35, JF-17 or F-16 - Argentina needs new fighters. In this way, the Air Force will modernize its inventory and increase its combat capability in the air.
On a day that saw Moscow suffer a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of its Black Sea fleet flagship, Ukraine’s president hailed his people for their resolve since Russia invaded in February and for making “the most important decision of their life to fight.”
In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told his country late on Thursday that they should be proud of having survived 50 days under Russian attack when the invaders “gave us a maximum of five.”
Listing the ways Ukraine has defended against the onslaught, Zelenskiy noted “those who showed that Russian warships can sail away,