During the North Vietnamese Army’s invasions across the DMZ in the spring of 1972, conditions in northern South Vietnam were becoming quite hot. As a result, a somewhat unique mission…
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier, the world’s largest warship, ready to deploy
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier, the world’s largest warship, is in shape to deploy five years after its commissioning USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier, the world’s…
Donald C. Spalinger, the P-47 pilot who was shot down by German flak for trying to divert their attention from a group of B-25 bombers
The B-25 bombers were escorted by P-47s belonging to the 57th Fighter Wing’s 66th Squadron. The P-47s’ job was changed to flak suppression after the hostile fighters failed to appear…
The story of the SR-71 Blackbird crash occurred under severe crosswinds brought on by an approaching typhoon
‘Usually, the SR-71 Blackbird pilots weren’t a chatty bunch, but I could hear the anxiety in the voice of this one,’ Jody Liliedah, Airman The Vietnam War was still raging…
“Amerigo Vespucci, you are still the most beautiful ship in the world!” George H.W. Bush Sails Alongside Amerigo Vespucci like Independence did in 1962
More than sixty years later, Amerigo Vespucci recreated the moment with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Adriatic Sea, Sep. 1, 2022 On Jul.…
Following an emergency landing, the crew of an SR-71 Blackbird was given additional assistance via a letter signed by a VIP
‘When we went on a combat mission, we carried a sealed letter in our pocket. We were told the letters and who signed them changed from time to time and…
From SR-71 Blackbird to Darkstar, a brief overview of Lockheed Martin’s collaboration with Hollywood
Darkstar is one of several Lockheed Martin aircraft, satellites, and helicopters that do background work for popular movies In the most recent Top Gun: Maverick movie, Maverick flew a hypothetical…
The story of Massachusetts Air National Guard’s F-15 Eagle pilots, the first to respond to 9/11 attacks
The nation’s first military response to New York on that terrible day was the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s F-15 Eagle fighter jets, even though reports of the hijackings had not…
An administrative sergeant attempted to sell Soviet officials top-secret intelligence about the SR-71 Blackbird in 1985
When one of the unit’s administrative sergeants called the Soviet embassy in San Francisco, he proposed they offer him $100,000 in exchange for some important SR-71 documents What aviation geek…
F-14’s first air-to-air kill was a gun kill but not scored by a US Navy Tomcat
According to a US Navy legend, a few veteran F-14 pilots pledged to build a monument honoring the first person to score a gun kill in combat Every war begins…