The story of the world’s first microprocessor – F-14 Central Air Data Computer

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the F-14’s first flight, an editor at WIRED was able to reach out to Ray Holt, one of the engineers who created the world’s first microprocessor – the Tomcat’s Central Air Data Computer.

F-14A Tomcat VF-102 in flight 1982
Sewell, USN, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Strange tale of Taiwan’s F-5As in Thailand

Thailand is one of the top travel destinations for Taiwanese. Last year, there were 789,923 arrivals from Taiwan to Thailand. For those who bothered to make the trip to the Royal Thai Air Force museum in Don Muang, they will be able to find four former Taiwanese F-5As there.

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