Between 1969 and 1974, Airmen with the 176th Fighter Squadron at Truax Field, Wisconsin used their primary aircraft, the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger to form a five-ship flying demonstration team.…
When the F-117 Nighthawk airstrikes started Operation Iraqi Freedom
Hoehn and Toomey learned that their intended location was maybe where Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq, was staying We remember the U.S. Air Force F-117 airstrikes over Baghdad on…
When an F-16 Sead mission covered a ‘mysterious’ air asset over Iraq
“I came out of the AOR, contacted the appropriate agency, and said, ‘Copy. You’re going to support ‘Ram 01′.’ That’s all I got. Who’s ‘Ram 01!?’,” Capt Paul Carlton 55th FS…
Lockheed proposed two L-2000 models: the intercontinental L-2000-7A, which could carry up to 266 passengers, and the domestic L-2000-7B, which could accommodate up to 308 The amazing images in this…
USAF “triple ace” Robin Olds is credited as wearing a mustache as a sign of resistance against authoritarian authority Military men have worn mustaches throughout history. Younger men and those…
Santa Cats! The Christmas F-14B Tomcat Fighter Bombers of VF-103 Jolly Rogers
The interesting photos in this post feature the two F-14B Tomcats belonging to US Navy Fighter Squadron 103 which wore the festive Jolly Rogers insignia and earned the nickname “Santa…
The first Tupolev Tu-114 flight to America took place during Khrushchev’s 1959 visit to Washington
The flight was excellent, and the Tupolev Tu-114 made an impressive landing at Andrews AFB When President Eisenhower and the American delegation arrived for the 1955 superpower summit in Geneva…
How a Nighthawk came dangerously close to being shot down above Baghdad
“There was AAA everywhere, and I could see these big white puffs and red ropes getting closer and closer. They were gaining on me every second, and were now only…
A reservist, with 1,742 years of service, Adm. Santa Claus specializes in vertical delivery of high-value items. The Department of the Navy issued orders on Dec. 17, 2019, to Adm.…
We’re happy to report that while Santa wasn’t quite his usual jolly self after this too-close encounter with S-3 BuNo 160124, he was unhurt and only had the wind knocked…