War attrition between Iran and Iraq in 1983
At least 24 of the 80 Iraqi aircraft that were shot down by IRIAF air defenses between 16 January and 18 February 1983, according to several Western publications, were credited…
At least 24 of the 80 Iraqi aircraft that were shot down by IRIAF air defenses between 16 January and 18 February 1983, according to several Western publications, were credited…
“The overall weight reduction was significant. We ended up with an airplane that weighed 11,300 pounds [dry] and we had an engine that produced 11,400 pounds thrust,” Ken Wallace former…
The nation’s highest award was given to B-17 pilot 1st Lt. William R. Lawley Jr., for his gallantry, while flying a Flying Fortress bombing mission over Leipzig as part of…
‘I have a Concorde operating westbound on a conflicting route with you at 60,000ft. I need a 4,000ft vertical separation. Do I have it?’ Pete Clarke, former air traffic controller.…
Capt. Dethlefsen received the Medal of Honor for demonstrating exceptional bravery above and beyond the call of duty. On February 1st, 1968, President Johnson made the presentation in the White…
“Ultimately, all of the U.S. airlines canceled their orders for the Concorde for economic as well as environmental reasons. John Anderson and I were tremendously disappointed,” Paul Roitsch, Captain with…
The SAC briefly used the XB-36 as a training aid in June 1948 while awaiting the production of the 7th Bombardment Group’s first B-36A Consolidated Vultee (later Convair), in response…
There were still a lot of hostilities at the time, so the pilots did what is called a falling leaf landing at Herat airport ‘First flight in Afghanistan, 2002. It…
The Vulcan to the Sky charity has been unable to meet the fundraising deadline to raise the £2.2m needed to progress plans to build The Vulcan Experience at Doncaster Sheffield…
“I didn’t think anything like this could exist. The intensity of the response coming from the ground was incredible,” l’Armée de L’Air Jaguar pilot. A dozen SEPECAT Jaguar A strike-fighters…