The A-10’s design philosophy was to support ground troops and make it difficult for enemy anti-aircraft fire to shoot down the aircraft. Specifically, this included operating at low altitudes and…
“‘Cobber’ Kain was 73 Squadron’s most split-arse pilot. He often led a section 40 miles or more into Germany, regardless of the fact that it was against orders to cross…
The United States demanded the destruction of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190s in order to sell Turkey its secondhand military aircraft One of the best fighters flown by the Luftwaffe…
The two Mirage jets prepped their air-to-air missiles as they both climbed above the clouds and increased their speed from Mach 0.98 to Mach 1.15 Brazil never considered getting involved…
“This is the Chief-of-Staff: Launch the alert five.” Immediately above, on the flight deck, we could hear the A-6 engines starting. An unarmed EC-121 propeller-driven aircraft was shot down by…