The first U.S. F-16 kill and the first kill for the AIM-120 AMRAAM
“Someone was going to die within the next two minutes, and it wasn’t going to be me or my wingman,” said Gary North, the first USAF pilot to down an…
“Someone was going to die within the next two minutes, and it wasn’t going to be me or my wingman,” said Gary North, the first USAF pilot to down an…
The new VH-92A Marine One presidential helicopter isn’t effective “for the contingency operation mission,” a reference to emergency flights. President Joe Biden’s first flight on the VH-92A presidential helicopter, the…
In late January 1965, VMCJ 1 marked a single EF 10B Skyknight with some interesting graffiti that raised eyebrows both in the USSR and at home. The Douglas F3D Skyknight…
Bell celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain on Sep. 30, 2021. Bell celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack…
One of the unwritten requirements to become an SR-71 Blackbird crew member/maintainer was to have an outrageous sense of humor. The SR-71 Blackbird is still considered the world’s fastest aircraft,…
The US Forest Service said goodbye on Oct. 16, 2021, to their Vietnam War-era AH-1 Firewatch Cobra helicopters as an aerial attack platform. The US Forest Service said goodbye on…
After having been surrounded, the Dolphin surfaced to indicate that it was abandoning the mission and moved away from the Algerian coast. The story of an unusual incident that allegedly…
I have a semi-confirmed report from a woman who lives in the Philippines that one of the SR-71 #974 ejection seats is at the Mayor’s house! On Apr. 21, 1989,…
VMX-1’s CH-53K detachment quickly examined the environmental conditions and conducted a quick feasibility assessment of support and determined that the King Stallion could conduct the lift. The CH-53K King Stallion…
The Sea Shadow was dry-docked before it ever launched beyond testing. However, its technologies were eventually applied to the lower cross-section of submarine periscopes and the radar cross-section of the…