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The B-2 Still Looks Like It’s From The Future
Briefly: It is almost unbelievable that the B-2 is more than 25 years old — it still looks like it comes from the future. In this photo, a B-2 is refuelled by a KC-10A during a training mission near Whiteman Air Force Base on April 11. [Staff Sgt. Brian Kelly/US Air Force]
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Nobody Would Have Believed This Photo 70 Years Ago
Looking at this picture, it is hard to believe that the United States and Australia were in a bloody no quarter war against Japan only 70 years ago: Spot the Mitsubishi F-2 escorting a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, the direct heir of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers that obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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The SR-71 Blackbird Took Its First Flight 50 Years Ago Today
No other plane in history has captured the hearts and minds of the American public quite like the SR-71 Blackbird, providing the West with an unprecedented look behind the Iron Curtain during its 33 year operational career. But before it was cracking the skies over Russia at mach 3.3, the Cold War spy plane had…
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Giz Explains: Why The Human Body Can’t Handle Heavy Acceleration
Our bodies are surprisingly resilient in many situations, but rapid acceleration is not one of them. While the human body can withstand any constant speed — be it 20km/h or 20 billion kilometres per hour — we can only change that rate of travel relatively slowly. Speed up or slow down too quickly and it’s…