Many of the frontline fighter jet families designed and initially built in the 1970s remain in use today. These include the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the F-15 Eagle family, the European Panavia Tornado, ...

Allow us to take you back to the most aggressive arms race in history, back to a time when the cold war was at its height — the 1970s. Schoolchildren were being made to practice duck-and-cover drills, ...