No, it’s not a joke: the photos in this post feature a Russian Mi-24V (NATO reporting name: Hind-E) attack helicopter in US Coast Guard (USCG) colors. No, it’s not a…
The Su-57 next-generation air superiority fighter entered frontline service in 2020, making Russia the third nation in the world to do so after the United States and China. The United…
Carriers
Former Argentine A-4 Pilots remember the (controversial) strike they undertook on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible during the Falklands War
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…
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…
Airshows
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…
MiG Killers
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…
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…
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…