A cap flown by two Royal Navy Sea Harrier Fighters during the Falklands war
The Sea Harrier’s Extra Dark Sea Grey color scheme, which made it very difficult to see over land or sea, earned it the nickname “La Muerta Negra” (The Black Death)…
The Sea Harrier’s Extra Dark Sea Grey color scheme, which made it very difficult to see over land or sea, earned it the nickname “La Muerta Negra” (The Black Death)…
Although the most plausible explanation is that the missile had not reached its arming time when it shot past the crazily jinking RA-5C, no one is certain why it did…
When the AN-2 pilot was forced to slow down, Woods fired an AK-47 rifle from his UH-1D helicopter at Colt’s cockpit, causing it to spin out of control and crash…
“This is the Chief-of-Staff: Launch the alert five.” Immediately above, on the flight deck, we could hear the A-6 engines starting. An unarmed EC-121 propeller-driven aircraft was shot down by…
The Hot Peroxide warning light on Knight’s X-15 turned on when he was doing some rudder pulses to collect data with the yaw damper off following the burnout at a…
“Center, Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?’ There was a longer than normal pause … “Aspen, I show 1,942 knots.” No further inquiries were heard on that…
Although it wasn’t intended, the Mohawk actually shot down a MiG during the Vietnam War During the Vietnam War, the OV-1 was responsible for the U.S. Army’s air-to-air win. The…
From a distance of more than 100 kilometers, the F-14 Tomcat launched one AIM-54A. (60 miles). The MiG-25 Foxbat was soon closed in on by the missile, which smacked into…
As of right now, the F-8 has only been officially credited with one confirmed guns-only MiG kill thanks to lt. Cdr. Kirkwood’s aerial win The U.S. Navy’s first fully operational…
On May 4, 1999, a Serbian MiG-29 piloted by Lt. Colonel Pavlovic targeted an RAF E-3D aircraft flown by a No. 23 Squadron crew During Operation Allied Force, the RAF…