Many pilots who were shot down remembered how the sound of a Sandy passing overhead gave them hope when everything looked desperate Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) personnel made a…
Yamamoto’s plane was no longer visible; instead, a towering column of black smoke could be seen rising into the air from the thick jungle Admiral Yamamoto was the brains behind…
After piloting every Navy fighter from the Wildcat to the Tomcat, Commander Glenn Tierney concluded his long military career in 1971 By giving combat-tested carrier fighters to the US Navy,…
The Pentagon is collaborating with industry to investigate the idea that F-35s equipped with bombs, missiles, or lasers could shoot down an incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) carrying nuclear warheads…
The observation mission to monitor V2 impacts flown by Luftwaffe Arado Ar 234 reconnaissance aircraft
Even though they weren’t as well-known as the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighters, the Ar 234s that made it to Luftwaffe units were outstanding aircraft, especially for reconnaissance The world’s…
Loose deuce Vs fluid four: US Naval Aviators were better than the USAF pilots
The flexible “fluid four” formation flown by USAF pilots was very different from the famed “thatch weave,” or loose “deuce,” formation during World War 2. During the Vietnam War, US…
Video shows dangerous jet blasts and insane landings at Skiathos International Airport
Skiathos International Airport’s 5,341-foot runway is able to accommodate aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 757-200. Filmed by our friend Dafydd Phillips, the cool video in this post was taken…
Mike Estocin, the first US Navy jet pilot to ever get the Medal of Honor for a combat mission
Despite the fact that Estocin’s A-4E caught fire on its final approach, he managed to land safely into the barrier, and the fire crew extinguished the flames as he descended…
[Video] F-14 Pilot who helped film “The Final Countdown” tells the story of when he let the cameraman in the B-25 camera plane touching his Tomcat with his foot in mid flight
The movie company obtained a modified B-25 from Tallmantz Aviation, with a camera in the tail gunner position. The interesting video in this post features Alan “Shoes” Mullen, one of…
The unknown story of the F-14 Tomcats that diverted to Pakistan during Operation Enduring Freedom
‘As we were in the middle of Afghanistan with not enough fuel to get back to the ship, we put our emergency divert field in Pakistan on the nose,’ Michael…