Northrop’s YF-17 “Cobra” lost the U.S. Air Force’s 1970s Lightweight Fighter competition to the YF-16, but it went on to shape American and allied air power for decades. -Designed as a maneuverable, ...

Some cars don’t just sit in barns — they lie in wait like fighter planes in hangars, engines removed, but hearts still loaded with intent. Down in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Parker Blubaugh and the ...

In 1968, Ford Motor Company finally answered GM’s big-block arms race with a weapon that didn’t roar — it detonated. The 428 Cobra Jet wasn’t just another FE-series engine; it was a muscle-era ...