April 5, 1959 marked the first flight of the Aero L-29 Delfin, a Czech-built jet trainer that became the standard across ...

Despite being nearly 60 years old, the two L-29 jets were critical to advancing the student curriculum and gathering vital data for ongoing research in machine learning and autonomy. The United States ...

It started with a phone call from Mira Slovak, the legendary Czech pilot and Cold War-era defector who raced hydroplanes and won the first National Championship Air Races in 1964 at Sky Ranch, Nevada.

In a major evaluation of what the Pentagon has positioned as the future of air combat, Lockheed Martin’s secretive Skunk Works unit has simulated an air-to-air fighter engagement that saw a crewed jet ...