Over the Keys, two USMC F-4 Phantoms almost shot down two Cuban MiG-17s.
“The two MiG-17s went into a 60-degree port turn. I immediately thought they saw us and I slid to the outside of their turn, re-confirmed I was ‘in Sidewinder’ and…
“The two MiG-17s went into a 60-degree port turn. I immediately thought they saw us and I slid to the outside of their turn, re-confirmed I was ‘in Sidewinder’ and…
As commander of cadets from 1967 to 1970, Robin Olds was a “triple ace” with 17 victories in both World War II and the Vietnam War. He served in the…
A world record for the fastest time between John O’Groats and Land’s End was set on February 24, 1988, by RAF Phantom “Black Mike,” which traveled that distance in 46…
The most concerning MiG-25 reconnaissance trip had place on October 10, 1971, when two Foxbats flew at Mach 2.5 and extremely high altitudes parallel to the Israeli and Sinai Mediterranean…
Although Toon now appears to have been a propaganda mashup of multiple excellent North Vietnamese pilots, the Showtime 100 crew met a fantastic dogfighter that day Lt. Randy “Duke” Cunningham…
The F-4 Phantoms have to take off during Zulu Alert Scrambles within five minutes of the horn going off The stunning video in this post, which was shot in a…
Aviem Sella returned from missions over Egypt three or four times a week, flying low over Haifa to let his lecturers know he would soon be attending their classes The…
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the F-4 Phantom II served as the U.S. Air Force’s main fighter-bomber aircraft This post’s informative infographic offers some important findings about the famed F-4…
Many pilots who were shot down remembered how the sound of a Sandy passing overhead gave them hope when everything looked desperate Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) personnel made a…
The flexible “fluid four” formation flown by USAF pilots was very different from the famed “thatch weave,” or loose “deuce,” formation during World War 2. During the Vietnam War, US…