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…
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…
“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…
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…
“I learned later that the Soviets launched at least five fighters to intercept my flight. Two planes took off initially. The lead plane aborted takeoff ran off the runway and…
Together, Peace, Lopez, and Lang took to the air. Once the fighter pilots adjusted to the P-51’s rather sluggish pace, the flying was smooth On Thursday, September 7, 2018, keen-eyed…
“There was a major in the Air Force… He saw the first couple of ones. He said, ‘Geez, that thing is as ugly as a warthog.’ And it stuck,” Elliot…
While the SR-71 was operational, several pilots flew the Blackbird faster than the official record but not during sanctioned record attempts The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft…
The Lockheed SR-71A strategic reconnaissance aircraft could only be intercepted by the MiG-25 until the MiG-31 entered service, making it of particular importance to the Soviet air defense Lt. Viktor…
OV-10A An Iraqi SAM shot down Bronco BuNo 155424 on February 25, 1991. Major Joseph Small, the pilot, was captured, and Captain David Spellacy, the observer, was killed. The intriguing…