Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The P-61 Black Widow was the first U.S. aircraft designed to locate and destroy enemy aircraft at night and in bad ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first U.S. aircraft designed to locate and destroy enemy aircraft at night and in bad weather, a feat made ...

As the drone race in the military sector heats up historic adversaries are trying to get an upper edge over their foes by learning from past and present conflicts. Most of them do this behind closed ...

Prior to the outbreak of WWII, U.S. military officials were eyeing Britain’s research in radio detection and ranging. Specifically, U.S. Air Officer Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons was briefed on ...

The Second World War saw a major leap forward in aircraft design. When the war began, the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Air were each still flying outdated aircraft including the Douglas ...

Northrop built 13 YP-61s, which were used for flight testing. This YP-61's dorsal turret sported two guns, whereas later designs had four; counting the belly-mounted cannon, the P-61 was the most ...

Following the milestones reached in 2024-when the aircraft was fully painted and received its distinctive Moonbeam Dream nose art-the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s P-61 Black Widow ( s/n 42-39445) ...