40,000 pounds of Rhino with motors screaming at full power was yanked down the 300 feet of catapult in a violent acceleration from zero to 170 miles per hour in…
A legendary chapter in Air Force history has come to an end Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E., retired The “Doolittle Raid’s” last survivor, Cole, passed away on April 9 in…
The 493rd FS would claim four Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force MiG-29s destroyed during the brief campaign Operation Allied Force (OAF) followed repeated NATO warnings in 1998 to Serbian…
It is now time for the Mi-26T2V to be handed over to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation for joint official tests. The prototype of the Mi-26T2V, the…
Carriers
USS Gerald Ford delivery delayed to October due to Extensive Nuclear Propulsion, Weapons Elevator Repairs
USS Gerald Ford elevators have suffered reliability issues due largely to software problems. To date, only two of the elevators meet Navy standards. Unforeseen problems in repairing USS Gerald R.…
F-14 Tomcat
Black Knights down: the story of the first Coalition aircraft to crash in Iraq since the start of OIF
‘”Gordo” yelled “Eject, Eject, Eject!” while I was doing my best to keep the jet stable to ensure that we were in a good envelope so when we punched out…
The pilots were flying an AH-1Z Viper as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma. On Mar. 30, 2019, two aviators were…
“We had stopped with just enough runway overrun remaining to turn sharply to taxi back to the cargo ramp area. Another five feet and we’d have been bouncing down the…
Civil
When a KLM Boeing 747 Collided with a Pan Am Boeing 747: Remembering the Tenerife Airport Disaster, the deadliest incident in aviation history
On Mar. 27, 1977, a KLM Boeing 747 and a Pan Am Boeing 747 collided on the tarmac at the Tenerife Airport, resulting in the deaths of 583 people. On…
Civil
British Airways flight to Düsseldorf mistakenly lands in Edinburgh, 525 miles away from destination
“Can you please explain how can my morning flight taking off from LCY to Düsseldorf land in Edinburgh? While an interesting concept, I don’t think anyone on board has signed up…