The T-28B participated in an airshow at Leszno-Strzyzewice Airport, Czech Republic, and was returning to the Flying Bulls home base, Hangar 7 at Salzburg-W. A. Mozart Airport. On Jun. 20,…
The last C-130 Hercules airlifters bid farewell to the Alaska Air National Guard
The eight “legacy” C-130H Hercules aircraft and the tactical airlift role were both removed from the Alaska Air National Guard by the Presidential Budget A small group of observers and…
“Talking to Lockheed engineers later, they determined there was a good possibility if we had gone supersonic, the entire nose section might have imploded from the supersonic shock wave,” Col. Richard…
Video released by U.S. Navy of a Russian SU-24 Fencer attack aircraft buzzing the USS Porter
Three Su-24 Fencer attack aircraft and one Il-38 May maritime patrol aircraft were involved in the incident On February 10, 2017, several Russian military aircraft buzzed the U.S. Navy destroyer,…
RAF didn’t become the only F-117 Nighthawk Stealth fighter foreign operator
The “Project Moonflower” program intended to sell the F-117 stealth fighter to the United Kingdom when it was still a top-secret aircraft According to recently declassified documents made available by…
The F-14 flew 28 times from a ski jump but never achieved maximum take-off capability because of single-engine operating concerns The interesting photo in this post was taken in 1982…
Regular transatlantic flights on Concorde took half as long as those on other aircraft The video below, which was recorded on March 2, 1969, shows Concorde 001 making its successful…
RA-5C Vigilante doing successful barricade arrestment aboard USS Constellation
On a combat flight over Vietnam, an antiaircraft fire hit the RA-5C and caused damage The striking photo in this post, which was taken on August 18, 1968, depicts a…
Due to the limited size of the U-2 fleet, instrument and general flying training on the T-38 keeps pilots up to date and skilled Above Beale Air Force Base (AFB),…
The U.S. NAVY Phantom F-4G could perform automatic carrier landings
The 12 F-4G aircraft of the U.S. Navy were to test a new tactical camouflage for aircraft that were boarded in 1966 Twelve F-4Bs were removed from the McDonnell production…