Ever since this attack was undertaken, the British have been insistent that all the Argentine reports about an attack on HMS Invincible are wrong, and that the ship was neither…
Watch this cool video showing Thunderbirds’ Diamond Loop on Takeoff
Check out the roll of Maj. Zane J. Taylor, Thunderbird #4 does near the end for foreign objects or debris. This is done before every demonstration to ensure nothing is…
The Story Behind the Unique Photo of the SR-71 Blackbird Creating ‘Fireballs’ during Air Fete Air Show 1986 at RAF Mildenhall
‘During that pass, we had “13 fireballs” come out of the SR-71’s exhaust. It looked beautiful, and people wanted to know if it could be done again,’ former Blackbird RSO,…
‘This is the standard which is better: an AK-47 or M-16 type question,’ Joe Difrancesco, former AH-64 Apache Pilot in the US Army. The AH-1 Cobra is a two-blade rotor, single-engine attack…
Variously referred to by American media as “The Stab in the Back-yard”, “The Fishbed Flap” “The Redhawk Incident” or more ominously “The Canuck Invasion Crisis”, the Redhawk Program brought Canadian-American relations…
The ‘wrong’ MiG-29 Kill markings applied to USAF F-15C jets after Operation Allied Force
The three 493rd FS “Grim Reaper” pilots that shot down the Fulcrums were Lt Col Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez, Capt Mike “Dozer” Shower, and Capt Jeff “Claw” Hwang. Taken after the…
Here’s why it Took four Weeks to Scuttle USS America, the Only Supercarrier Ever Sunk
On Apr. 19, 2005, USS America left Philadelphia under tow on its final mission. America was towed off the east coast where the ship was finally disposed of during a…
Luftwaffe fighter pilot Werner Mölders, who developed the finger-four formation
His innovative strategies had such a profound effect that eventually all of the participating air forces in World War II adopted his pair system, finger-four formation, and crossover turn The…
Former Naval Aviator tells which US Navy Jets are the most difficult and the easiest to land on an Aircraft Carrier
‘I think the Bronze, Silver, and Gold for difficult aircraft to land has to go to Vought aircraft,’ David Tussey, former US Naval Aviator Landing on the flight deck of…
How Operation Allied Force’s Serbs managed to shoot down an F-117 Stealth Fighter
‘How were the Serbs able to shoot down an F-117 stealth aircraft? Through a combination of Complacency, Strategy, and Luck,’ Chris Morehouse, Aerospace Engineer at U.S. Air Force. The F-117A Nighthawk was the first operational…