“It is only the size of a dime, but the black words backlit on the square red light jumped at me larger than life – ‘SAM’. At the same time…
“The two guys on the wanted list step out from the overhang of the building and you could see them in the FLIR picture. One guy took a drag off…
Civil
The Story of the Concorde Supersonic Airliner that Chased a Solar Eclipse and set a World Record
Concorde 001 was specially modified with rooftop portholes for the mission and is currently on display with the Solar Eclipse mission livery at Musée de l’air et de l’espace. “Concorde ready to intercept…
Helicopters
Drunk Driver Caused Half a Million Dollars of Damage after Crashing into Cobra Attack Helicopter
‘I cried when I heard about it. The Cobra means so much to the students she has inspired and the veterans that maintain her,’ Stephen Seymour, executive director of Celebration Freedom Foundation.…
“I smiled to myself and breathed a prayer: ‘Lord, please let that little guy grow up to be a pilot – he’ll never forget his first up-close glimpse of an…
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.…
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…
“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…