The reason why pilots loved flying the F-104 Starfighter
“Along with the SR-71, the F-104 is Kelly Johnson’s greatest creation,” Ed Carney, U.S. Navy A-7 Corsair II pilot who flew the Starfighter with the West German Navy from ’79-’82 The…
“Along with the SR-71, the F-104 is Kelly Johnson’s greatest creation,” Ed Carney, U.S. Navy A-7 Corsair II pilot who flew the Starfighter with the West German Navy from ’79-’82 The…
“… The cadets now had 107 feet of fire-breathing titanium in their faces as the SR-71 leveled and accelerated, in full burner, on the tower side of the infield, closer…
The tail section of the All American fuselage was saved by a few thin spars and a thin strip of metal skin after the Me 109’s wing nearly cut through…
The Weasel WSO sent the HARM into battle “in the blind” in the hopes that a threat would materialize and be neutralized. It was acknowledged by the WSO. Both aircraft…
Many people still mistakenly assume that the F-15s used in Operation Wooden Leg were F-15E Strike Eagles, however, the strike package was created by IAF F-15Cs and Ds that had…
The F-105 became affectionately known as the “Thud” by those who flew and maintained it, whether it was due to the sound of 50,000 pounds of metal violently impacting the…
B-52 #60-0036, one of the two B-52H bombers that launched the D-21 drone as part of Project Senior Bowl, with the nose art The 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air…
The plane was given the nickname “Blackbird” after being painted all black. Before Gary Powers’ U-2 was shot down, work on a ground-breaking espionage plane had already started at Lockheed’s…
Due to the facility’s emphasis on bombers in the 1940s and 1950s, the neighborhood gave it the nickname “the bomber plant,” which still lasts today The Air Force Plant 4…
Alvin S. White, a North American test pilot, and Col. Joseph F. Cotton piloted the XB-70 Valkyrie, which took off from Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, and landed at Edwards…