“The F-14 Tomcat was a pure air-to-air fighter and our mission, in the words of Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron), was ‘…to patrol our area of the sky and…
When Argentine Air Force Dagger Fighters severely damaged HMS Ardent
“It was a Sea Harrier going for Captain Robles’ aircraft. Almost simultaneously I saw fire in my mirror and immediately I felt the impact of a missile in my Dagger,…
THESE INCREDIBLE PICTURES SHOW SOME OF THE COOLEST LONDON AIRSHOW 2017 PARTICIPANTS
London Airshow 2017 celebrated Canada’s 150th birthday Some cool photos from London Airshow 2017. Canada “the true north strong and free” celebrated a most prestigious milestone this year since its inception…
How the Buff was trasformed into a MiG Killer by B-52 tail gunners
The two BUFF MiG kills occurred during Operation Linebacker II, the Christmas-time strategic air assault against the logistical and industrial hub of North Vietnam The Boeing B-52 is the quintessential…
Murphy and Fegan’s kill remained unsubstantiated for many years even if the Chinese claimed the destruction of the F-4 immediately following the fight because it was not deemed politically wise…
FIRST TO FIGHT, FIRST TO STRIKE: VFA-41 BLACK ACES WESTPAC ’16 CRUISE VIDEO
On Jan. 2016 VFA-41 deployed aboard the USS John C Stennis, CVN-74 to the South China Sea to ensure Freedom of Navigation The cool video in this article is the…
The Project Blue Book and how UFO sightings covered high-altitude U-2 flights
Numerous U-2 spy planes testing at high altitudes were the primary cause of many UFO sightings reported to Project Blue Book beginning in 1955 Midway through the 1950s, the USAF…
Brazilian Mirage Fighters intercepted an Il-62 during Falkland War
The two Mirage jets prepped their air-to-air missiles as they both climbed above the clouds and increased their speed from Mach 0.98 to Mach 1.15 Brazil never considered getting involved…
A B-1B Lancer doing the first-ever low-altitude terrain following
On December 12, 2017, precisely thirty years later, a B-1B crew successfully fired two LRASMs in production configuration simultaneously during a test at Point Mugu’s sea range The fascinating video…
All was calm halfway over the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), but Graham suddenly observed a big object over North Korea that was astonishingly higher than his SR-71 Blackbird actually was Performances…