The 50th anniversary of the mighty F-15 Eagle’s first flight
These incidents complete fifty years of undefeated air superiority missions for the F-15 Eagle, the fighter that has never been shot down in combat The F-15 Eagle celebrated its 50th…
These incidents complete fifty years of undefeated air superiority missions for the F-15 Eagle, the fighter that has never been shot down in combat The F-15 Eagle celebrated its 50th…
As far as is known, this was the first time an Iraqi pilot had ever encountered the US Air Force’s stealth fighter In answer to an Air Force request for…
A Taiwanese pilot flew the longest B-17 Flying Fortress mission, which lasted more than 19 hours, over China One of the most recognizable aircraft ever constructed is the Flying Fortress.…
Eight C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, seven KC-10 Extender aircraft, and one C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft were used by Team Travis to transport 10,310 refugees and 2 million pounds of airlifted…
Even the most experienced pilots still get motion sickness once in a while If you’ve ever wondered whether or not pilots get motion sickness, the short answer to the question…
‘One of my friends participated in a nuclear air burst test in Nevada. He was flying an instrumented T-33 jet at about 40,000 feet…,’ Bruce Gordon, former USAF fighter pilot…
Since they flew too high to be seen or heard, B-52 bombers became one of the Viet Cong’s most feared weapons The Stratofortress flew her first combat missions as a…
‘I’m tremendously thankful to have flown both and while the Hornet got me in and out of combat, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the venerable…
Photographed on July 19, 1957, the first and only live test of a USAF Genie rocket with a nuclear warhead is shown in the video in this post, which was…
‘He started to suck on it. Luckily, he realized his mistake in a split second and spit it out in horror before it could take effect. Had he bit down,…