Today, many military aircraft can break the sound barrier to enter supersonic flight. Certain commercial models can as well, including the Concorde, which is famous for its record-breaking flights. As ...

Imagine leaving work in L.A. or San Francisco a little early on a Friday afternoon and winding up with a drink on the beach in Maui before cocktail hour is over. Imagine Seattle to Tokyo in four hours ...

On Sunday afternoon, as an F-16 fighter jet out of Joint Base Andrews scrambled to intercept a non-responsive plane over the D.C. area, its sonic boom shook homes and alarmed residents from Gambrills, ...

Residents of Washington, D.C., and parts of Virginia were startled on Sunday afternoon by an explosive noise that reverberated overhead, which officials later confirmed was a sonic boom produced as ...

The F-100 Super Sabre, introduced in 1954, was the first U.S. warplane that could go supersonic in level flight. It was also the plane that sparked complaints about sonic booms across the country.

SMITH ISLAND, M.d. - The Naval Air Station Patuxent River is warning Smith Island area residents of a inshore weapons separation testing event tomorrow, Jan 20. Officials say the test flight has the ...

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