Former U.S. Navy aviator describes his Favorite AIM-9 Sidewinder missile launch
“As a veteran of many missile shots, both AIM-9 and AIM-7, this was the most challenging due to the speeds involved and the parameters of the test” I was a missile…
“As a veteran of many missile shots, both AIM-9 and AIM-7, this was the most challenging due to the speeds involved and the parameters of the test” I was a missile…
“While the mass contacts of 60…70…80 (who knows?) contacts which, as if raging bulls bent on widespread death and destruction, bore down on my sole Lightning, I spoke with the…
Ivan Mikoyan was twice awarded the USSR State Prize for creating the MiG-29 Ivan Mikoyan, the MiG-29’s co-designer and Artem Mikoyan’s nephew, passed away on November 25, 2016, at the…
More effective than the renowned Japanese A6M Zero, the F6F Hellcat downed 5,156 enemy aircraft in just two years, accounting for 75% of the Navy’s aerial wins throughout the war…
The F-16 has advanced capabilities comparable to those of fifth-generation aircraft like the F-22 and F-35 thanks to the APG-83 AESA radar, which replaced the earlier APG-66 and APG-68 radars…
The F3D Skyknight downed numerous MiG-15s made in the Soviet Union, yet it never acquired the fame of the North American F-86 Sabre The amazing image in this post depicts…
A flaw was found in the batch of suits NASA was producing for the pilots before the launch of Columbia on the first shuttle mission (STS-1). Since 1941, the David…
Instead of an accidental combining of two planes in midair, the Germans believed the “Piggyback” was a brand-new eight-engine warplane that the Allies had developed! Germans believed it to be…
Before an estimated 35,000 spectators, the British Airways and Air France Concorde supersonic aircraft approached from the south and touched down next to each other less than two seconds apart.…
The F-22 Raptor’s already impressive capabilities can be improved by the F-15 Eagle This post’s stunning video is a tribute to the amazing F-15 Eagle. The F-15A/B/C/D is an all-weather,…