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…
After receiving its first Vought F4U Corsairs in October 1942, VF-12 earned the nickname “ensign eliminator.” The best fighter aircraft in the Pacific region of World War II was the…
Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, a renowned F-14 Tomcat pilot and accomplished airshow performer, was reported to have perished on July 24, 2021, in Lewiston, Idaho, when a SIAI Marchetti SM.1019 crashed…
The Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne’s ability to self-deploy over great distances, including the 2,200-mile journey from California to Hawaii, was a little-noticed feature of the aircraft The Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne assault…