The SR-71 Blackbird that slid on JP7 fuel residue into Kadena Hangar
The crew chief signaled BC to halt as the SR-71 slowly taxied into the hangar and drew near the parking spot. As usual, BC hit the brakes, but the SR-71…
The crew chief signaled BC to halt as the SR-71 slowly taxied into the hangar and drew near the parking spot. As usual, BC hit the brakes, but the SR-71…
‘The B-29 crews were cocky—at first. But as time wore on and accidents began to take their toll, the boys quieted down,’ Arthur La Vove, “Hump Driver.” Author, artist, journalist,…
After aligning their probes with the KC-130 baskets, the Osprey pilots move their probes into the para drogue using the tilt-rotor, which then slightly increases its speed A KC-130J Super…
The EC-135 Looking Glass is shown without wings or engines due to space limitations The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum hosted a “Flight Night” on July 17, 2021, where…
‘I want to congratulate each and every one of you for your performance in Operation Iraqi Freedom. You are demonstrating for all the world to see that the United States…
In the early 1980s, the Night/Adverse Weather A-10 was renamed the YA-10B In the 1970s, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, popularly referred to as the Warthog was developed to offer close…
“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…