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Front view of a four engine military aircraft at night.

December 18, 2024

The P-3 Orion Was Made for Hunting Submarines

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Wherever Soviet submarines went during the Cold War, they were likely being watched by P-3 Orions. 

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A vocano spews lava and smoke as a small aircraft makes a close pass..

December 18, 2024

How Active Volcanoes Can Put Airplanes in Danger

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A global warning system keeps active volcanoes from shutting down commercial aviation.

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A black, twin-engine airplane is on display inside a dimly lit museum gallery. The airplane has a twin-boom tail and a long nose with a plexiglass-covered forward cockpit.

December 18, 2024

The Fascinating History of a P-61 Black Widow

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The fully restored P-61 black widow is on display at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

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This archival image depicts a flat barren landscape with a single pillar of dense white smoke at the center of the photo.

December 18, 2024

That Time We Bombed a Volcano

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

In 1935, a squad of U.S. bombers dropped a total of 20 of the 600-pound bombs on the lava channels in the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii.

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A middle-aged man stands in front of a vintage biplane in a dark museum setting.

December 18, 2024

A Beautiful Restored Biplane Represents a Future That Never Was

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk was a light 1930s biplane fighter aircraft that was designed to launch from the United States Navy airships USS Akron and Macon.

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A rendering of a museum gallery with a small aircraft suspended from the ceiling visible in the foreground and a weather balloon in the background, with interpretive panels throughout the space.

December 18, 2024

Our Changing Planet

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

The new climate change exhibition focuses on how aerospace innovations are helping us to both understand what is happening and how we can potentially mitigate the causes and effects.

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Soft pastels enhance the rich colors of the swirls and storms in this close-up of Jupiter's clouds.

December 18, 2024

Scientists Strive to Explain the Strange Weather on Other Planets

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Weather phenomena across the solar system are stranger than scientists could have imagined.

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A gray, twin-engine military airplane with a twin-boom tail flies low over a dark ocean.

December 18, 2024

One Man's Tale of Courage Flying Fighters in the Dark

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

An interview with Paul Hendrickson, the son of a P-61 World War II night-fighter pilot.

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Group of ten men stand in a semi-circle with a large prop aircraft in the background.

December 18, 2024

The U.S. Military Finds a Way to Complete Challenging Missions

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

Over its long career, the P-3 Orion's superior engineering has allowed the U.S. military to achieve its goals.

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Portrait of the vintage biplane, the 1909 Wright Military Flyer, on a black background.

December 18, 2024

Wilbur and Orville Wright’s 1909 Triumph for the U.S. Army

Story | Air & Space Quarterly

An in-depth look at the National Air and Space Museum's Wright Military Flyer.

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