“If I had been superstitious at all, I probably wouldn’t have flown the mission at all. Every one of the previous F-111s lost had a call sign ending in 3,…
The MiG-21s received new registration numbers, were in flight-ready condition, and might be used for vintage flight According to The Hindu, India gave three MiG-21 aircraft to Russia when Russian…
Humor
An EF-10B Skyknight had graffiti in Russian saying ‘Join the U.S. Marine Corps’ so that Soviet MiG pilots could read it during intelligence missions
In late January 1965, VMCJ 1 marked a single EF 10B Skyknight with some interesting graffiti that raised eyebrows both in the USSR and at home. The Douglas F3D Skyknight…
“How about solid waste? We just had to control any urges. There was occasional incidents; no names mentioned here!” Richard H. Graham, SR-71 pilot In the following story, which appears in Col.…
Carriers
Cool photos show RN and RAF F-35 pilots conducting first-night flying trials off HMS Queen Elizabeth
HMS Queen Elizabeth has been kitted out with specially-designed LED lighting on her flight deck to aid nighttime landings Taken on Oct. 3, 2018, the amazing pictures in this post…
F-14 Tomcat
F-14 Tomcat pilot and TOPGUN instructor tells the story of when he nailed a MiG-29 in a 1v1 dogfight
Captain Sam “Slammer” Richardson forced the MiG-29 pilot to call “Knock it off.” Afterward, he said the Fulcrum pilot could only talk about how he lost the fight against the…
While the IAF was pleased to acquire the MiG-23, they were pretty embarrassed that an enemy aircraft had crossed the boundary and landed without being challenged The Israel Air Force…
The EA-7L was employed to mimic Soviet aircraft and was frequently equipped with various jamming and ECM pods The A-7 Corsair II, built by LTV Aerospace Corporation (the same company…
History
The Sopwith fighter was a powerful weapon in the proper hands, but unforgiving with students
For the Sopwith Camel, training fatalities (380) were almost equal to combat fatalities (420) On December 22, 1916, the Camel—the most famous of the Sopwith fighters—made its debut. It was…
History
The F4U Corsair’s arrival in the South Pacific and the story of Ken Walsh, the first “Corsair ace”
The US Navy created the F4U Corsair as a carrier-based fighter, but there was no immediate plan to give it to the Marines Nothing more represented Marine fighter aviation during…