The recovery was successful; no injuries were sustained during the F-14A Tomcat emergency landing. Taken on Jun. 30, 1984, the photo sequence in this post shows: LEFT – A Grumman…
F/A-18C Hornets that downed Iraqi MiG-21s during ODS are currently housed in the National Naval Aviation Museum
Flown by LCDR Mark “MRT” Fox and LT Nick “Mongo” Mongillo on Jan. 17, 1991, each of these F/A-18C Hornets shot down an Iraqi MiG-21 Fishbed. On Monday, June 17,…
The F-15E pilots who completed the longest-ever fighter combat sortie
The F-15E fighter bombers refueled 12 times during the historic “Crockett 51/52s” flight, each time extending their loiter time by 60 to 90 minutes The ultimate multi-role fighter in the…
Interesting video features airshow comparison between F-35A and J-31
Giving the heavy smoke from exhausts heat signature is very high for the J-31 and could affect its stealthiness. The video in this post features an interesting F-35A Lightning II…
Francis Gary Powers Jr. provided details on his father’s U-2 being shot down
“Especially in light of the U-2 that was shot down over Cuba in 1962, I understood my father’s frustration. All of a sudden, Washington officials were faced with the political…
Video shows Dive Bahrain preparing a Boeing 747 to be submerged in world’s largest underwater theme park
The dive site will have a 70-meter long decommissioned Boeing 747 as its centerpiece, the largest aircraft ever to be submerged. The interesting video in this article was posted by…
The Northrop YF-17 Cobra was a lightweight fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program. The Northrop YF-17 Cobra, a jet fighter that,…
Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles, the first SR-71 pilot to achieve 900 hours
In addition to receiving two Distinguished Flying Crosses and the Air Medal, Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles gained one of them for rescuing SR-71 #960 Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles, a former…
Beautiful pictures from the formation flight honoring Airbus’ 50th anniversary
Participating in the Airbus 50th anniversary flight were the A220, A319neo, A330neo, A350, A380, and BelugaXL along with the Patrouille de France. Airbus turned 50 years old, and to honor this…
The US Navy dive-bomber Wade McClusky who changed the course of the Battle of Midway
Wade McClusky was in charge of a squadron of 32 dive-bombers on June 4, 1942, and they had been given the mission to strike the aircraft carriers of the Imperial…