“When his parachute opened, I could see his “G” suit burning from head to foot. I glanced down and saw the flaming MiG hit the water vertically,” Capt. Jesse Folmar,…
Kenny Loggins to re-record Danger Zone for Top Gun: Maverick
“We’ll reinvent ‘Danger Zone’, to a point. That’s what I’m hoping to do,” Kenny Loggins Kenny Loggins will re-record ‘Danger Zone’ for Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel of the legendary…
An ex-B-52 pilot describes a terrifying bomb run during the Vietnam War
“Then the bomb run began in the early morning darkness over an Asian jungle. Our three-abreast, triangular-shaped formation banked steeply, ominously, onto the bomb run heading…,” Jay Lacklen, former B-52…
“The missile had blindsided me, coming up through cloud cover be-low. It had struck the plane’s underbelly, hitting one of the fuel tanks and cutting my F-16 in two,” Capt.…
“It’s an unusual pilot… who does not give his bird a private touch of loving gratitude before he leaves her nest,” Col. Robin Olds, 8th TFW Commander at Ubon Royal Thai…
Super cool Max degree video shows Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets takeoff as seen from the team slot position
2018 is the team’s 72nd anniversary and marks the Blue Angels’ 32nd year flying the Boeing F/A-18 Hornet Taken on Apr. 27, 2018, from inside the cockpit of Lcdr Nate…
Here’s the 747 Wing House, the house-made from parts of a scrapped Boeing 747 airliner
The 747 Wing House was made by using the two wings and tail section of a scrapped Boeing 747 The interesting photos in this post show the so-called 747 Wing…
For the American pilots, the Fulcrum’s low-speed maneuverability and helmet-mounted sight system were its most striking performance characteristics The MiG-29 was a severe threat to Western pilots since it was…
Maj. Ba Van Nguyen managed to disembark his passengers. He then distanced himself and jumped out of the cockpit of his CH-47A Chinook South Vietnam was taken over by the…
After Iraq invaded Kuwait, this U.S. Naval Aviator helped rebuild and train the Kuwait Air Force
“There was a day we returned from an air strike and a Kuwaiti A-4KU pilot was as happy as he could be when he delivered a 500-pound bomb right to…