Photo: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (New Photo)/ Hiller Museum (Old Photos) When we tell you the U.S. Military tried absolutely everything to try and one-up the Soviets during the Cold War, we mean it ...

Click to open image viewer. In the mid-1950s, Hiller constructed a series of innovative Flying Platforms for an Army-Navy program as a one-man flying vehicle that the pilot could control with minimal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soldiers suspended in the air in moon boots and sniping unsuspecting targets on the ground might sound like a battle tactic from a ...

In the 1950s the Navy and Army worked on small VTOL machines to make troops go airborne. They worked, just not well enough. By Nicholas Slayton Updated Jan 1, 2026 12:53 PM EST For decades the United ...