Developed at a turning point in air-to-air combat, the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile was the world’s first infrared-guided or heat-seeking missile, forever changing not only the dynamics of dog fighting, but the ways in which combat aircraft are designed, built, and employed in war.
Did you know they rehearsed the Osama Bin Laden raid in Mission Impossible-style Pakastani disguises? Did you realize that a disguise program even exists?