The heart was kept in an ice-filled plastic picnic cooler. General Bob Becklund of the North Dakota Air National Guard was operating the F-4, and the cooler was fastened to…
Leslie’s stern commands have been heard by every mechanic and every pilot who has practiced on or flown an F-18. In the field of fighter jets, her voice is jokingly…
On December 23, 1974, Charles “Charlie” Bock and his team completed the B-1’s initial flight. Before leaving Rockwell in 1981, he logged 600 hours of flight time in that aircraft…
According to the ACC accident report, “classified material” had been loaded the morning the B-2 Spirit crashed The video in this post shows the first-ever crash of a U.S. Air…
“Everybody was lucky. We didn’t sink, no one got burned. We even managed to kick out the ‘enemy’ for a long time,” Vladimir Evseenko, K-314 Captain. In March 1984 USS…
“People say, ‘Well didn’t you want a t-shirt?’ and I say, well when there’s a Harrier out there for 7 million Pepsi points, why not aim your sights a little…
There were shouts of “SHE’S HERE!” as soon as Ms. Galore arrived, and Vic can see crew members crowding the boom operator window for a peek as camera flashes also…
Thanks to his machine gun system, by Apr. 18, 1915, Garros had three kills under his belt. At this time, the entire French Air Force had managed to down five…
The X-37B mission has broken a new spaceflight duration record that was previously set at 717 days, 20 hours, and 42 minutes during the previous mission. With 719 days of…
The Spanish Air Force CASA C-101 crashed into the sea off the coast of La Manga del Mar Menor, in Murcia while practicing its display routine for the upcoming airshows.…