New amphibious aircraft prototypes are shaping up to change the future of maritime defense strategies, ushering in a fresh ...

this particular flying boat was built as a PBY-5A by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in San Diego, California as Constructor’s Number 1886 and delivered to the U.S. Navy in March 1944.

Patrol and Reconnaissance wings 10 and 11 are conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions on the ...