Aircraft / Air Force History

Parasite Aircraft

A parasite aircraft is a smaller, secondary aircraft that is designed to be carried and launched by a larger host…

May 17, 2024

Bell X-5

The Bell X-5 was the first aircraft capable of changing the sweep of its wings in flight, a pioneering technology…

May 5, 2024

DARPA Selects Aurora Flight Sciences for Phase 2 of Active Flow Control X-Plane

Goal is to develop and fly a demonstrator aircraft without using external mechanical flight controls Note: The following is a…

January 17, 2023

Foreign Technology and Analysis Reports on Parachutes and Aerodynamic Decelerators, NASIC

The following is a list of documents requested and received after a FOIA appeal. Document Archive Foreign Technology and Analysis…

December 23, 2022

The AFHRA Collection: A 468,170 Page Air Force History Archive

The following is a collection archived here at The Black Vault, in collaboration with another researcher who for now, will…

June 14, 2021

Air Force History Collection

This section deals with reports and records pertaining to Air Force History. The time periods of the documents range from…

May 10, 2021

Operation Pinball/the USAAF’s Secret Aerial Gunnery Program of WWII

Background The following book is found within the Air Force Historical Research Agency's holdings. The company that bought out the…

April 27, 2021

Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) Document Collection

Background The Air Force Historical Research Agency is the repository for Air Force historical documents. The Agency's collection, begun in…

April 5, 2021

Aircraft in Air Defense, 1946-1960 by Richard McMullen (ADC Historical Study No. 12)

Background Here are the notes, as listed on the microfilm for this record, as written by the Air Force Historical…

March 29, 2021

The Strategic Air Command (SAC) Histories

Background The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force and a…

March 26, 2021