The first Top Gun Graduates to kill a MiG was one of these “Phantom Boys”
Beaulier went after the second MiG, using a ‘lag pursuit’ tactic to give his F-4J Phantom II the correct distance for an AIM-9D shot… After their MiG-21 shoot-down on March…
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Beaulier went after the second MiG, using a ‘lag pursuit’ tactic to give his F-4J Phantom II the correct distance for an AIM-9D shot… After their MiG-21 shoot-down on March…
The C-130 can immediately abandon its current mission and function as an aeromedical evacuation platform, thanks to its architecture The C-130 Hercules has been a workhorse of aeromedical evacuation since…
‘Our primary concern during our gunnery passes was the fact that we were now well within the range of MANPADS. Nevertheless, we positioned ourselves for the strafing runs just under…
“For a microsecond, time stands still. The huge red letters on the top wing and fuselage of the Pitts Special spell the name of a well-known cigarette. They sweep past…
The contract will provide vital and affordable support to the entire fleet until the introduction of the replacement aircraft, the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was…
Lt. Mark Adam Lange, a member of the A-6 crew, was injured during the ejection and passed away shortly after. After being handed over to Syrian forces, B/N Lt. Bobby…
We may only imagine the front-seater’s feelings as, from his parachute, he watched his Tornado disappear over the horizon The following article contains excerpts from Group Captain Ian Hall’s story…
The Boeing 747 wound up on a slight incline far off the runway, about 50 meters (yards) from a fence marking the airport perimeter Taken on Nov. 7, 2018, the…
“We dropped both of our bombs in the same attack, one hitting the hull just above the waterline and the other disappearing amongst the yacht’s superstructure. When we left the…
For unknown reasons, the Angolan MiG-23 fired a missile, which blew the starboard engine clean off the BAe 125. A second missile hit the same engine after it had already…