The USAF operated 28 B-47 bomb wings and four RB-47 reconnaissance wings, totaling 1,357 B-47s and 175 RB-47s, during the height of their use in 1958 The Boeing B-47 Stratojet…
The NASA YF-12 Blackbird research program was ambitious; the plane, unless it was grounded for extensive maintenance or modification, flew on average once every week The images in this post…
Francis Gary Powers was supposed to have been killed and his aircraft destroyed when he failed to finish his mission. As a result, the U.S. concocted a cover story about…
At the height of the Cold War, on May 28, 1987, German teenager Mathias Rust, then 19 years old, flew a risky “peace mission” from Helsinki to Moscow At the…
All of the Fishbeds are based at Zagreb-91st Pleso’s Air Base and are flown by a single unit known as the “Fighter Squadron.” The fantastic video in this post (which…
The F-104 is a small single-engine fighter jet known for its speed and dangerous nature, and being used by many countries. Despite its history and widespread use, it has fallen…
JQB-47E 53-4256 was involved in the top-secret project Kedlock. This post includes an interesting photo of JQB-47E 53-4256, which was stored at Davis Monthan AFB on August 20, 1968, after…
The MiG-17s were dispersed out into the countryside, carried by large Mil Mi-6 helicopters to the dispersal sites, and carried back to the airfields when missions were to be flown…
During Operation Desert Storm, there could have been up to four aircraft painted like these These captivating pictures feature U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53 heavy-lift helicopters sporting quite a sexy…
The debriefing was a hoot. I especially liked the part where the Eagle guy played his recorder and we heard the backseater say “Break, we just got gunned again”! The…