The tragic loss of an Avro Vulcan VX770 at Syerston in September 1958 was caused by a simple case of overexuberance, flying the aircraft beyond its designation limitations. Here is…
The B-52G’s and KC-135A’s featured in the clip are from the 416 BMW, at the former Griffiss AFB, NY. The video in this article shows a Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO)…
Turkish F-100s When the USAF phased out its F-100 Super Sabres from active service in 1972, many of the aircraft went to ANG units, Denmark, and Turkey. The Turkish Air…
“There were only two barrier engagements recorded at the time, and fortunately, ours was the successful one,” Colonel (Ret) James H. Shelton Jr., former SR-71 pilot. Six years of his…
This photo was taken at the height of the Cold War, the confrontation that dominated the second half of the 20th century. The amazing image in this post, taken by…
The J-35 had an inherent instability that could lead to superstall, a phenomenon attributed to Draken’s special wing planform. This post features an amazing video of Swedish Air Force J-35…
“Just as the first words from the radar operator came in “ten miles long final, gear down”, I felt a heavy blow, as though a hammer hit my left thigh,”…
“I decided to play a game and hard turned into the F-104s. Too late I remembered that the 100 series Avons fitted to the Canberra didn’t like that sort of…
“Actually, living through the landing wasn’t as bad as seeing it on film later that day,” Frank Peele former A-3 Skywarrior crewman/navigator. This post contains an amazing video of a…
From the U.S. Navy perspective, short of actually having a Fulcrum or Flanker, the F-16N was as close to a real dissimilar fighter as they could get. The F-16 has…