The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano is a Brazilian aircraft, so you may be wondering why it's coming up in an article about U.S. military turboprop planes, and there's a good reason for that.

More blades, more speed? Not exactly—here’s why extra propeller blades don’t guarantee higher top speeds for aircraft.

Earlier in 2019, 60 C-130H Hercules aircraft were taken out of service to examine and replace engine propeller blades that inspectors deemed risky because the blades were manufactured before 1971.

What You Need to Know: The A-1 Skyraider, introduced during World War II, became the U.S.’s last propeller-driven attack aircraft. First flown in 1945, it served through the Korean and Vietnam ...

Most Military Aircraft Are Conventional, But These 5 Really Make You Wonder From (almost) nuclear powered to (literally) pancake shaped, these are the weirdest military aircraft in U.S. history.

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn’t reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan.

U.S. military aircraft with 8 aboard crashes into sea off Japan; at least 1 dead. ... but during flight can rotate its propellers forward and cruise much faster like an airplane.

That applies to all kinds of aircraft operated by the U.S. military, especially those with propellers. Some propeller-driven aircraft are used primarily for transporting cargo and personnel, while ...