When the U.S. Navy F/A-18 was shot down by a U.S. Army PAC-3 Patriot missile battery
“The Patriot is by far the most lethal SAM system in the world, and there is no aeroplane in existence that is going to get away from it. The missile…
“The Patriot is by far the most lethal SAM system in the world, and there is no aeroplane in existence that is going to get away from it. The missile…
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…
The Doolittle Raid forced the Japanese to recall combat forces for home defense even though it only caused small damage, and it made Japanese citizens nervous U.S. morale dropped in…
The F-14 Tomcat was equipped with a powerful weapons system known as the AWG-9, which could support the AIM-54 Phoenix long-range air-to-air missile, to carry out the fleet’s air defense…