How the demise of the F-111B led to the development of the legendary F-14 Tomcat
The F-14 was shown to be much better than the F-111B and a few other aircraft in a comparison study between the F-14 (at the time, Grumman’s design of a…
The F-14 was shown to be much better than the F-111B and a few other aircraft in a comparison study between the F-14 (at the time, Grumman’s design of a…
Olds downed a MiG-21, and his 8th TFW F-4 aircrews downed six additional aircraft, or over half of the VPAF operational force, without sustaining any USAF losses As the U.S.…
The goal of CONSTANT PEG was to instruct combat fighter pilots from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps on how to engage MiGs in aerial combat…
On February 14, 1955, Colonel Georgy Mosolov made the first flight of the storied MiG-21 fighter prototype Soviet test pilot Georgy Mosolov passed away in Moscow on March 19 at…
The painters made an approximation of the F-4’s camouflage scheme using a schematic from an outdated technical order The 45th annual Freedom Flyer Reunion of the 560th Flying Training Squadron…
“It was like something out of the old days. We had a standard Mark One dogfight as if it were right out of WWII. If you could have spoken to…
Adolf Galland, a renowned German ace, took his final flight in a Me 109 Platinum Fighters is offering for sale a unique Hispano Buchon, the Spanish version of the Me…
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanished in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world in a Lockheed Model 10-E Electra over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island…
“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 F-4X would have had an increase in engine thrust of 150%, allowing it to cruise at Mach 2.4, reach altitudes of 78,000 feet (23,775 meters), and reach dash speeds…