From exploding prototypes to shattered records, the F-8 Crusader’s rise to dominance was anything but ordinary. In 1955, Vought stunned the world by breaking the sound barrier on the very first ...

There have been hundreds of combat aircraft through the years and not all of them can claim they're never been shot down from ...

The speed of sound is known as Mach 1 (767 mph), and when an object moves beyond this, it's called "breaking the sound barrier." This is also known as supersonic flight, a scientific term ...