The economics of sealcoating dictate that the more sealer that can be put down in the shortest amount of time and for the least-expensive per-gallon price results in the biggest impact to a contractor ...

This is how an F-22 Raptor jettisons drop tanks. Even if it has internal weapons bays, the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter plane relies on unstealthy fuel tanks when it needs to increase its range.

April 17, 2017: Some U.S. Marine Corps aviation units have begun using drop tanks (auxiliary external fuel containers) on their AH-1Z and UH-1Ys helicopters and found that, as expected, this increased ...

William H. “Bill” Mensing, the owner of an aircraft sheet-metal business whose improved water-drop tanks made for Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopters in the early 1970s became widely used, ...

The United States wants to upgrade one of the most advanced jets ever built. Manufactured by Lockheed Martin, the F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation fighter lauded for its multi-functionality, ...

All air forces dropped their fuel tanks when empty, not just the Allies. This German tank was turned into a set of shelves by members of the 90th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing in Italy. This bomber ...

When you take that convenient right turn into a gas station, a colorful sign tells you what brand of fuel you’re buying. But that’s where the simplicity ends. Of the 100,000-plus gas stations across ...