Jimmy Stewart, a skilled pilot, and a devoted patriot insisted on taking part in an airstrike against VC sites in 1966 by piloting B-52F 57-0149 on a mission The B-52…
Shocking Video Shows Pakistani F-16 Crashing in Islamabad during rehearsal for The Pakistan Day Parade
A Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot died on Mar. 11, 2020, when his F-16 jet crashed in a wooded area near Islamabad during a rehearsal for the upcoming Pakistan Day parade.…
One of the first things pilots always point out is that no matter how bad the weather, the F-111 will get you there. The reason for this is a variety…
CVW-17 crewmembers aboard USS Nimitz reproducing a Grumman Avenger photo
The original 1943 image, which is shown here, illustrates that it took roughly 90 persons to launch one Grumman TBF-1 Avenger The interesting photo in this post is a reproduction…
Why ‘who would win a 1-v-1 air engagement, (Turkish) F-16 or (Syrian) MiG-29?’ is a No Go Question
Combat aircraft aren’t some kind of medieval knights in a jousting tournament. They’re not even ‘Spitfires vs Bf.109s’ anymore. On the contrary, modern aerial warfare is one of the most…
The B-36 was a strategic bomber and the first to be able to deliver nuclear weapons. It was designed during World War II and played a major role in the…
US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets recover and launch from FS Charles de Gaulle
In total, two US naval aviators flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet and four French aviators, flying the French Rafale and an E-2C Hawkeye, conducted carrier operations including touch-and-goes and one…
The XF-84H was a turboprop fighter plane developed in the early 50s that caused such bad headaches among pilots they never went into combat, despite being the first airplane with…
The story behind Van Halen music video for Dreams featuring Blue Angels in the A-4 Skyhawks
McDonnell Douglas gave Warner Bros. decade-old stock footage of the Blue Angels flying the iconic A-4F Skyhawk II and Warner Bros decided that Van Halen’s soaring track “Dreams” was a…
The Antonov AN-124 Ruslan (Ukrainian: Антонов АN-124 Руслан) (NATO reporting name: Condor) is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR…