‘Our primary concern during our gunnery passes was the fact that we were now well within the range of MANPADS. Nevertheless, we positioned ourselves for the strafing runs just under…
When a Pitts Special Nearly collided with RAF Jaguar Display Pilot
“For a microsecond, time stands still. The huge red letters on the top wing and fuselage of the Pitts Special spell the name of a well-known cigarette. They sweep past…
Lt. Mark Adam Lange, a member of the A-6 crew, was injured during the ejection and passed away shortly after. After being handed over to Syrian forces, B/N Lt. Bobby…
A crewless RAF Tornado flew away after the Navigator ejected himself and his pilot from their serviceable aircraft
We may only imagine the front-seater’s feelings as, from his parachute, he watched his Tornado disappear over the horizon The following article contains excerpts from Group Captain Ian Hall’s story…
Boeing 747 Cargo Jet Skids Off Runway on Landing at Canada’s Halifax Airport
The Boeing 747 wound up on a slight incline far off the runway, about 50 meters (yards) from a fence marking the airport perimeter Taken on Nov. 7, 2018, the…
When U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats attacked Saddam Hussein’s presidential yacht
“We dropped both of our bombs in the same attack, one hitting the hull just above the waterline and the other disappearing amongst the yacht’s superstructure. When we left the…
When Cuban-flown Angolan MiG-23 “accidentally” fired two missiles at a BAe 125 carrying the president of Botswana
For unknown reasons, the Angolan MiG-23 fired a missile, which blew the starboard engine clean off the BAe 125. A second missile hit the same engine after it had already…
The biggest ammunition shipment to Ramstein since Operation Allied Force
Approximately 100 containers with a variety of munitions rolled into Ramstein during October The 86th Munitions Squadron (MUNS) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, received its largest shipment of ordnance in…
Eagle Vs Foxbat: when USAF F-15s dogfighted with Iraqi (or Russian) MiG-25s
‘I looked at him more closely and saw that he had two missile pylons under each wing. Now I knew that it was not an F-15 or F-14. That was…
Ex-C-5 pilot recounts the “Cockpit Cat Fight” between two female navigators on their first FRED mission
“Sandy, the pretty one, and Penny, the interesting one, hunched over the scope on the navigators’ station behind the pilot. Their voices rose in volume and their tone turned argumentative…