These blasts—which are increasingly common along the Space Coast in central Florida—can be heard whenever an object breaks the sound barrier. Here’s why. A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a ...

In September 1995, a routine Navy training flight turned into an impossible survival story when an F-14 Tomcat exploded during a supersonic flyby over a U.S. warship, forcing two aviators to eject at ...