Landing the Bird Dog on the deck of carrier without a tailhook was no easy task. Nevertheless Maj Ly Bung made an excellent landing. In April 1975 South Vietnam was…
The transition will only occur after testing on the MiG-35 has been completed Russian aerobatic team Swifts will trade-in their MiG-29s for the MiG-35, Lt. Gen. Andrey Yudin of the Russian…
Video shows a U.S. Navy crewman getting sucked into A-6 air intake. He survived because of Intruder’s engine design.
“It took almost three minutes for Petty Officer JD Bridges to push his way out of the intake of the A-6 after being sucked in,” Daniel P Streckfuss, former VFA-15 officer Taken…
VF-111 Sundowners F-8 Crusader shot down by North Vietnam’s first ace
Capt. Wilfred K. Abbott pulled the black and yellow handle to launch himself out of the falling F-8 because the controls were non-responsive. Seven years of captivity followed his parachute…
Video shows Asiana Airlines A330 slicing tail of Turkish Airlines A321 during taxi at Instanbul Airport
The Turkish Airlines A321 was parked at its gate when it got struck by the A330, but the security camera footage shows that the Turkish plane was positioned too close…
Book tells the story of when two F-14 Tomcats were diverted to the USS Midway
LT Berg’s biggest surprise on breaking out of the ever-lowering cloud ceiling was the sight of Midway, being so very different in size and layout from that of the comparatively…
The Blue on Blue incident, in which two USAF F-15s shot down two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk
26 crew members and passengers aboard the two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters lost their lives in those few seconds, and the F-15 Eagle’s reputation was permanently damaged On April…
The decision to incorporate the Super Hornet and decommission the F-14 was mainly due to high amount of maintenance required to keep the Tomcats operational On Feb. 8, 2006 a…
Here are some interesting photos of new Belgian Air Force A109 Display Team
The 2018 Belgian Air Force A109 Display Team has a completely new configuration Taken on May 1, 2018, by our friend Andrew Timmerman from Finn Aviation Photography, the interesting pictures…
The 197th and final MiG kill of the Vietnam War achieved by a U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom II crew
Because of relatively lax RoE, the F-4 crew was able to pursue the MiG beyond the 20th parallel Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most significant fighter-bomber to be…