The C-130 can immediately abandon its current mission and function as an aeromedical evacuation platform, thanks to its architecture The C-130 Hercules has been a workhorse of aeromedical evacuation since…
Go For Your Gun! The first F-14 Tomcat Strafe Run during Operation Iraqi Freedom
‘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…
Sikorsky awarded contract for USMC and U.S. Navy CH-53E and MH-53E helicopter support
The contract will provide vital and affordable support to the entire fleet until the introduction of the replacement aircraft, the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was…
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…