Even the most experienced pilots still get motion sickness once in a while If you’ve ever wondered whether or not pilots get motion sickness, the short answer to the question…
The story of the T-33 pilot watching a nuclear bomb test without wearing safety glasses
‘One of my friends participated in a nuclear air burst test in Nevada. He was flying an instrumented T-33 jet at about 40,000 feet…,’ Bruce Gordon, former USAF fighter pilot…
Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Could Have 5 Aircraft Carriers, 10 Ballistic Missile Subs by 2030
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy possesses the resources to field up to five aircraft carriers and 10 nuclear ballistic missile submarines by 2030 According to a new think tank…
The B-52 Stratofortress was referred to as “BUFF” during Operation Arc Light
Since they flew too high to be seen or heard, B-52 bombers became one of the Viet Cong’s most feared weapons The Stratofortress flew her first combat missions as a…
F-14 pilot tells the story of when he landed his crippled Tomcat with the wings swept back
‘Since the wings weren’t budging, we were getting ready to have one wild landing.’ Mark Vizcarra, F-14 Tomcat pilot Advancements during the Cold War in Soviet long-range patrol and bomber…
A-6 Intruder and F/A-18 Legacy Hornet are like a ’65 Ford F-100 and a ’84 Pontiac Fiero
‘I’m tremendously thankful to have flown both and while the Hornet got me in and out of combat, I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the venerable…
The first and only live test of a USAF AIR-2 Genie nuclear-tipped air-to-air rocket by an F-89 Scorpion interceptor
Photographed on July 19, 1957, the first and only live test of a USAF Genie rocket with a nuclear warhead is shown in the video in this post, which was…
Carmine Vito, the sole U-2 pilot to fly over Moscow, nearly bit his poisonous cyanide pill
‘He started to suck on it. Luckily, he realized his mistake in a split second and spit it out in horror before it could take effect. Had he bit down,…
The Gloster Meteor F8 “Prone Pilot” between gravity and flying lying down
In the fall of 1954, Meteor F8 WK935 joined the Institute of Aviation Medicine after being chosen for modification The ‘prone position’ Meteor, which is depicted in the images in…
Bombing Japan cost the lives of 414 B-29s. About two Superfortresses were destroyed in accidents and crashes for each that the enemy destroyed
During World War II, the Pacific theater saw the bulk of the use of B-29s. Up to 1,000 Superfortresses dropped bombs on Tokyo at once, destroying major portions of the…