Capt. Wilfred K. Abbott pulled the black and yellow handle to launch himself out of the falling F-8 because the controls were non-responsive. Seven years of captivity followed his parachute…
26 crew members and passengers aboard the two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters lost their lives in those few seconds, and the F-15 Eagle’s reputation was permanently damaged On April…
Because of relatively lax RoE, the F-4 crew was able to pursue the MiG beyond the 20th parallel Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most significant fighter-bomber to be…
The Tornado crew needed the Concorde to slow down from Mach 2 to Mach 1.5–1.6 in order for them to get the shot The stunning photograph in this post, which…
Col. John “JB” Stone came up with the idea for the strategy that would later play a crucial role in aviation history over a few inexpensive beers with Olds and…
Because it was a hybrid made of the first YF-12A’s rear fuselage and a functional engineering mockup of an SR-71A forward fuselage created for static testing, SR-71C S/N 61-7981 was…
Maj. Maury Rosenberg, the SR-71 pilot, and Maj. E. D. McKim, the RSO, were heading southwest on their final pass over the DMZ when North Korea launched two Soviet SA-2…
The six-on-six missile shoot was seen as a major success because it showed that the AIM-54 Phoenix missile and the F-14 Tomcat were both ready for active service The F-14…
The F-117 Nighthawk was so covert that it was referred to it as a UFO in Nevada legend The F-117 Nighthawk, a highly classified aircraft that Nevadan folklore referred to…
“We were not aware at that time of the firestorm, but we did realize that the target was well and truly alight, for as we looked back even halfway across…