When the Cold War ended, it became possible to reduce the size of U.S. forces significantly. Between 1989 and 1999, the number of active duty military personnel, as well as civilian DoD employees, was ...

Since the end of the Cold War, funding for the acquisition of new U.S. military aircraft has become scarce, and after plunging precipitously in the early 1990s, budgets for the modernization of the ...

In recent years, aircraft have become increasingly digitalized, with flight controls and instruments being controlled by electronic devices. However, as the altitude increases, the effects of natural ...