‘Intelligence reported that the SA-2 couldn’t track below 1500 ft. We were disturbed to see that their assessment was incorrect’, Lt Lyle Bull, A-6 Intruder B/N Throughout the Vietnam War,…
Three months after V-E Day, on August 20, 1945, the B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber was presented. Its first flight took place on August 8, 1946 Before the US entered World…
“This photo indeed has a surrealistic quality. I believe it is due to the focal length of the camera used. There is no doubt that this pass was an aggressive…
The prisoners who operated the gun turrets claimed that they couldn’t spin their turrets quickly enough to take one of those creatures out The Me 262 Schwalbe, which was created…
“If I had been superstitious at all, I probably wouldn’t have flown the mission at all. Every one of the previous F-111s lost had a call sign ending in 3,…
The MiG-21s received new registration numbers, were in flight-ready condition, and might be used for vintage flight According to The Hindu, India gave three MiG-21 aircraft to Russia when Russian…
“How about solid waste? We just had to control any urges. There was occasional incidents; no names mentioned here!” Richard H. Graham, SR-71 pilot In the following story, which appears in Col.…
While the IAF was pleased to acquire the MiG-23, they were pretty embarrassed that an enemy aircraft had crossed the boundary and landed without being challenged The Israel Air Force…
The EA-7L was employed to mimic Soviet aircraft and was frequently equipped with various jamming and ECM pods The A-7 Corsair II, built by LTV Aerospace Corporation (the same company…
For the Sopwith Camel, training fatalities (380) were almost equal to combat fatalities (420) On December 22, 1916, the Camel—the most famous of the Sopwith fighters—made its debut. It was…