The Cold War coincided almost perfectly with the rise of the jet age. In the denouement of World War II, American and Soviet forces scrambled to secure jet engine technology developed by German ...

The propeller-driven Skyraider II pays homage to the Cold War-era propeller plane that delivered close air support during the ...

How the invention of the jet engine transformed Britain after the Second World War and came to capture the imagination of a generation and define how the Cold War was fought.

Compared to the first jets over 80 years ago, it's almost alien in appearance — fitting for today's high tech battlefield. However, in 2025, Cold War planes like the B-52 Stratofortress still ...

Indeed, the concept appears to have peaked during the second half of the Cold War. Today’s newer aircraft on both sides of the old Iron Curtain—including America’s F-22 and F-35, Russia’s ...