Diane Tedeschi Black Widows were deployed to bases across ... Key to the P-61’s ability to detect enemy aircraft at night was the microwave-dish radar tucked inside the fiberglass nose radome.

Experiments showed that a high-gloss, jet-black finish gave the aircraft maximum invisibility in night skies. On the nose of one, neophyte gunner Peter Raymen painted what quickly caught on as the ...

At this stage of the investigation into Wednesday night’s deadly midair ... long military career flying a Black Hawk helicopter. He said military aircraft in Washington, D.C. are a common ...