When a Phantom II pilot belly landed his stricken F-4D without his backseater
‘In retrospect, my ordering WSO to eject was a mistake which I have always regretted. I felt at the time I was saving his life and I intended to eject…
‘In retrospect, my ordering WSO to eject was a mistake which I have always regretted. I felt at the time I was saving his life and I intended to eject…
“My sensation was that the aircraft as out of control and I ordered Kenny to eject which he did. Instinctively, I took the stick and throttles in hand, and to…
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…
Fighter jets are among the most extreme forms of machinery that mankind has ever produced. They are capable of flying faster than the sound itself, doing feats of gravity-defying, and…