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Initial Operational Capability for first USMC F-35C Squadron

Dec 5 2020

Incredible video shows Greek F-4 Phantom II buzzing Hellenic Warship at extremely...

Dec 4 2020

Minot B-52 returning from global power mission over Middle East diverts to...

Dec 3 2020

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Sinking Force Z: the day the Imperial Japanese Navy killed the Battleship

Dec 3 2020

Did you know that the highest-scoring jet-mounted ace Giora Even-Epstein had also...

Dec 2 2020

Canada’s Top Aces could buy 29 surplus F-16A/Bs from Israel as part...

Dec 1 2020

COLD WAR ERA

Former Scooter Driver remembers his Time in an A-4 Utility Squadron

by Dario Leone Dec 15 2019

by Dario Leone Dec 15 2019
Of Floggers and Foxbats: the story of Syrian MiG-23s and MiG-25s, the fighter jets that were never able to match Israeli F-15s

by Dario Leone May 21 2020

by Dario Leone May 21 2020
Pardo’s Push: how an F-4 pushed a crippled F-4 to safety

by Dario Leone Mar 9 2019

by Dario Leone Mar 9 2019
How a VMFA-333 F-4 Phantom II scored the only USMC Mig Kill of the Vietnam War

by Dario Leone May 18 2019

by Dario Leone May 18 2019
50 YEARS OF HARRIER: REMEMBERING THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE ICONIC JUMP JET

by Dario Leone Dec 30 2017

by Dario Leone Dec 30 2017
ROCKET RIDE, THE SUPER FAST HIGH ALTITUDE RECONNAISSANCE MISSION THAT SR-71 BLACKBIRD SPY PLANES PERFORMED OVER NORTH KOREA

by Dario Leone Dec 14 2017

by Dario Leone Dec 14 2017

FROM OUR ARCHIVE

Operation Tidal Wave: Why the 1943 Raid on Ploesti Oilfields Failed to Diminish the Supply of Fuel to Germany and its Allies

by Dario Leone Oct 18 2019

Cool video shows SR-71 Blackbird igniting the afterburners during very low fly pass

by Dario Leone Sep 18 2018

The USS Lexington Museum has unveiled a very special painted F9F-8 Cougar

by Dario Leone Oct 21 2016

Sound of Freedom over Hanoi: how two SR-71s Generated Tri-Sonic Booms to Free US POWs in North Vietnam

by Dario Leone Sep 7 2019

‘Cobber’ Kain – first RAF Hurricane Ace, first RAF air ace of the WWII, and first to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross

by Dario Leone Apr 3 2018

HERE’S HOW “SHARPSHOOTERS” MAKE NEW USMC F/A-18 HORNET DRIVERS

by Gabriele Barison Mar 27 2017

Lakenheath 493rd Fighter Squadron’s F-15Cs win the 2020 Raytheon Trophy, the second time in a row

by Dario Leone Aug 21 2020

Sinking Force Z: the day the Imperial Japanese Navy killed the Battleship

by Dario Leone Dec 3 2020

GRANDSON OF ENOLA GAY COMMANDER TO FLY B-29 DOC AT WINGS OVER WHITEMAN AIRSHOW

by Dario Leone Jun 9 2017

First missile shot of an AIM-9X using the Legion Pod on an F-15C and first-ever flight of an operational F-16 with the Legion Pod: USAF advanced IRST Pod hits two major milestones

by Dario Leone Jul 15 2020

LOSSES/AVIATION SAFETY

You can’t be my wingman anytime: MiG-31 Mistakenly shoots down another MiG-31

by Dario Leone Apr 24 2019

THIS UNKNOWN STORY OF 35 U.S. NAVY COMBAT PLANES PERFORMING CARRIER NIGHT LANDINGS DURING A TYPHOON MAKES CLEAR WHY U.S. NAVAL AVIATORS ARE THE GOLD STANDARD

by Willie Maddox Dec 28 2016

The incredible story of the B-52 that landed with two engines “dancing on the wing”

by Dario Leone Jul 6 2018

Previously unreleased video shows A400M crash at Seville in 2015

by Dario Leone Sep 7 2018

Tunisian Air Force F-5 Tiger crashes, pilot killed

by Dario Leone Oct 7 2020

This F/A-18 Pilot Survived 75G Impact in Horror Hornet Crash

by Dario Leone Sep 10 2019

Romanian Air Force MiG-21 Lancer crashes during airshow, killing pilot

by Gabriele Barison Jul 8 2018

USAF completes investigation on why engine broke up and fell off the pod of B-52H over North Dakota last year

by Dario Leone Apr 8 2018

The story of Bud Holland, the rogue pilot that crashed his B-52 after having maneuvered it beyond its operational limits at low altitude

by Dario Leone Jun 26 2018

AVIATION HISTORY

The night RAF Wellington bombers strafed Italian ocean liners (used as troop ships to North Africa) Rex and Conte di Savoia

Jun 4 2020

by Dario Leone Jun 4 2020

[Video] The B-52 Strategic Bomber that Landed at Duxford and Performed the Shortest Runway Landing Ever Done by a BUFF

Feb 12 2020

by Dario Leone Feb 12 2020

British Phantom Aviation Group to Save two UK’s Phantom Aircraft

Oct 5 2019

by Dario Leone Oct 5 2019

THE STORY OF “CAPTAIN MESSERSCHMITT,” THE PILOT WHO LOVED TO SHOOT THE A-7 CORSAIR II’S GUN

Dec 22 2017

by Dario Leone Dec 22 2017

LATEST ARTICLES

Initial Operational Capability for first USMC F-35C Squadron

by Dario Leone Dec 5 2020

Dec 5 2020
Incredible video shows Greek F-4 Phantom II buzzing Hellenic Warship at extremely low altitude

by Dario Leone Dec 4 2020

Dec 4 2020
Minot B-52 returning from global power mission over Middle East diverts to RAF Fairford due to engine failure

by Dario Leone Dec 3 2020

Dec 3 2020
Sinking Force Z: the day the Imperial Japanese Navy killed the Battleship

by Dario Leone Dec 3 2020

Dec 3 2020
Did you know that the highest-scoring jet-mounted ace Giora Even-Epstein had also been the eldest Israeli pilot to fly an F-16?

by Dario Leone Dec 2 2020

Dec 2 2020
Canada’s Top Aces could buy 29 surplus F-16A/Bs from Israel as part of its future fleet of high-end aggressor aircraft

by Dario Leone Dec 1 2020

Dec 1 2020
The story of E. Royce Williams, the Naval Aviator who became the only fighter pilot to shoot down four Soviet MiG-15s in one fight (confirmed by Russians but not by the US Navy)

by Dario Leone Nov 30 2020

Nov 30 2020
Japanese Self-Defense Forces began V-22 flight operations marking the first international partner to fly the US military aircraft

by Dario Leone Nov 28 2020

Nov 28 2020

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