The landing gear was being retracted. It, on the other hand, continued to bounce around and refused to lock The 55th Wing marked another historic milestone when a Royal Air…
Video features Naval Aviators who saved E-2C Hawkeye in 2016 describing response to carrier landing cable break
Lt. Cmdr. Kellen Smith and Lt. Matthew Halliwell were two of three pilots aboard a US Navy VAW-123 Screwtops E-2C Hawkeye that was landing on the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier…
MH-60G that rescued F-117 pilot Dale Zelko in 1999 has been retired
Gen. Franks flew MH-60 Pave Hawk tail number 009 during Operation Allied Force, rescuing Lt. Col. Darrell Patrick “Dale” Zelko F-117 Nighthawk pilot downed in enemy territory. An MH-60G Pave…
When the Russian Il-76 crew was forced to land at Kandahar by Taliban MiGs
A well-known international event occurred on August 3, 1995, when a Taliban MiG — some reports claim two MiGs — forced a civilian Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane to land at…
The F-15E was the first 48th FW Strike Eagle to land at RAF Lakenheath
The 492nd and 494th Fighter Squadrons are the only two Strike Eagle squadrons in the United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces in Africa Over time, a lot…
The F-15A Eagle prototype, which was based on the McDonnell Douglas 199-B design, was the first aircraft to leave the company’s St. Louis, Missouri, plant on June 26, 1972. The…
A North Vietnamese MiG-21 passing closely by a Firebee drone (and other BQM-34 tales)
A “book” may be written about the use of BQM-34 Firebee reconnaissance drones during the Vietnam War (and over PR China) (at least) The BQM-34 Firebee, also known as the…
The headless B-17 remained in formation despite being struck by an 88mm shell
The headless bomber was able to stay in loose formation with the Group for some minutes thanks to the inherent stability of the B-17 Flying Fortress airframe One of the…
The F-106 Delta Dart interceptor and the Air-2 Genie nuclear rocket
On the F-106, the Hughes MA-1 electronic guidance and fire control system was used, which also supported the Genie and Falcon missiles The F-106 Delta Dart all-weather interceptor was developed…
The B-29 could have experienced a higher loss rate over Germany in 1943 than the B-17 and B-24
The B-29 saw most of its action in the Pacific theater of World War II. How would the B-29 have fared in the air conflict over Germany if it had…