VMA-214 was renamed VMFA-214 as part of the switch from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B Lightning II On March 25, 2022, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, held…
Jackie Cochran broke the sound barrier on May 18, 1953, and she set a record for women’s absolute speed of 652.337 mph A jet sped through the desert close to…
On November 25, 1944, the kamikaze campaign had just been going for a month. The US Navy’s Fast Carrier Task Force was the primary target of the Japanese, who mainly…
During the harshest period of the Cold War, the SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 + spy plane crew used some unusual equipment while flying through Soviet-controlled airspace The SR-71 Blackbird collected…
The peculiar image in this post shows a seriously damaged USAF F-15 Eagle from Elmendorf Air Force Base that was unintentionally hit by an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile fired by another…
No Spitfires were lost, however, Plt. Off. A. S. Yates’ fighter had to crash-land due to damage, while Sgt. George Beurling’s aircraft had a large hole in it when he…
The US Marine Corps is one of the few military branches that does not employ the Black Hawk helicopter. Why? The amazing Black Hawk multirole helicopter has bravely navigated its…
The B-36 Peacemaker’s wing was sufficiently deep to allow technicians to access it and maintain the engines while the aircraft was in flight The B-36 Peacemaker was designed in 1941…
Several US Army pilots enlisted in the war in Vietnam purely out of a desire to pilot the UH-1 Huey A 1955 US Army competition for a new utility helicopter…
Captain Carroll “Lex” The founder of Neptunus Lex Blog, Fairfax LeFon, was a naval aviator, a husband, a father, and the patriarch of an online community that is still active…