On August 17, 1966, Lt. Andre Coltrin of VFP-63 Det G piloted an RF-8 while performing a very risky photo-reconnaissance mission over Bac Giang on the Thuong River at a…
Cold War
History
The F-16 painted to commemorate the 31st Tiger Squadron of the Belgian Air Component’s 70th anniversary
Our F-16 2021 XTM X-Tiger is now prepared to stalk the skies in an XT-ROAR-DINARY paint for a special event These awesome images of the new Belgian Air Component “Tiger”…
The USAF decided to purchase the F-105 Thunderchief instead of producing the F-107A after giving it some serious thought A mid-1950s improvement on the popular F-100 Super Sabre was the…
The F-14A Tomcat’s AWG-15 fire-control system was always configured in CCIP-mode, meaning the jet could always drop “dumb” bombs For those who still don’t know: the F-14A Tomcat’s AWG-15 fire-control…
History
When a Japanese Kawanishi H6K “Mavis” flying boat was brought down by a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress
The Japanese, who referred to the B-17 Flying Fortress as a four-engine fighter, gave it a bad reputation in the Pacific One of the most recognizable aircraft ever constructed is…
Helicopters
US Navy Aircrewman deployed to NAF Atsugi shares story of Japanese military helicopters hovering all-day
‘Those Japanese choppers hovered all day, just for fun. The kind of fun you only get in the military,’ said Michael Alapaki, a former US Navy enlisted aircrew For a…
Carriers
US Navy Aircraft Carriers are so fast they can outrun virtually every surface ship and submarine in most sea states
US Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can outrun virtually every surface ship in most sea states. The rougher it is, the more they will be able to outdistance other watercraft. US…
History
The first significant Japanese combatant ship sunk during WWII was submarine I-70, sunk by two SBD Dauntless aircraft from USS Enterprise
Enterprise had shed her first blood in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor On the evening of December 8, 1941, the USS Enterprise CV-6 (The Big E) arrived…
“The two MiG-17s went into a 60-degree port turn. I immediately thought they saw us and I slid to the outside of their turn, re-confirmed I was ‘in Sidewinder’ and…
The Oite Kamikaze-class destroyer was unique in that, it was sunk entering Truk Lagoon rather than exiting it Early in 1944, the island base of Truk served as the Japanese…