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Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, legendary US Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot, killed in in...

Jul 25 2021

In 1971 an SR-71 crew flew 15,000 miles, in 10 hours 30...

Jul 25 2021

Here’s why a terrain-masked attack helicopter is safe against missiles but not...

Jul 24 2021

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Meet 2021 XTM X-Tiger, the special painted F-16 that celebrates 70 years...

Jul 23 2021

SB>1 Defiant Flexes Its Muscles by lifting a 5,300-pound Guided Multiple Launch...

Jul 23 2021

Bell restarts UH-1Y Venom helicopter production for first international operator

Jul 22 2021

COLD WAR ERA

Starfighter 4 Eagle 0: that time two F-104s scored four simulated kills against an F-15B in a single training mission

by Dario Leone Apr 16 2019

by Dario Leone Apr 16 2019
Did you know that U-2 decompression sickness cases increased after the end of the Cold War? Here’s why the iconic U-2 is the world’s hardest plane to fly

by Dario Leone May 25 2021

by Dario Leone May 25 2021
That time two RAF Phantoms shadowed two Soviet Bears over France because French fighters were grounded for Bastille Day celebrations

by Dario Leone Oct 5 2018

by Dario Leone Oct 5 2018
Spirit of the Phantom: emotional poem describes the ethos of the mighty F-4

by Dario Leone Aug 1 2018

by Dario Leone Aug 1 2018
That time an F-4 Phantom II Outran an F/A-18 Hornet and Zoomed at 82,125 Feet per Minute

by Dario Leone Feb 8 2020

by Dario Leone Feb 8 2020
Hun Pilots remember when they ‘dogfighted’ British Lightnings and Hunters at RAF Gütersloh over Germany

by Dario Leone Sep 1 2020

by Dario Leone Sep 1 2020

FROM OUR ARCHIVE

U.S. NAVY RELEASES VIDEO SHOWING RUSSIAN SU-24 FENCER ATTACK AIRCRAFT BUZZING USS PORTER

by Dario Leone Mar 4 2017

A QUICK LOOK AT HOW KADENA HH-60G PAVE HAWKS SAVED THE CREW OF THE MV-22 OSPREY THAT CRASH-LANDED OFF THE COAST OF OKINAWA

by Dario Leone Dec 20 2016

Tu-160M2 PERFORMS ITS FIRST FLIGHT, “BUT THE AIRCRAFT FEATURES ONLY SMALL UPGRADES” SOURCE CLOSE TO RUSSIAN MILITARY SAYS

by Dario Leone Jan 26 2018

[Video] The crash of Russian Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft at 1973 Paris Air Show

by Dario Leone Sep 7 2020

U.S. Navy Suspends Blue Angels’ member

by Dario Leone Feb 14 2019

Half YF-12 and half SR-71: the story of “The Bastard,” the only SR-71C ever built

by Dario Leone May 1 2018

LOSSES/AVIATION SAFETY

Three Minnesota Army National Guard Members Dead in UH-60 Black Hawk crash

by Gabriele Barison Dec 6 2019

Video shows Asiana Airlines A330 slicing tail of Turkish Airlines A321 during taxi at Instanbul Airport

by Dario Leone May 14 2018

B-52 SAFELY RTBs AFTER BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING THAT LEAVES MAN-SIZED HOLE IN HER TAIL

by Dario Leone Feb 13 2018

This U.S. Navy F-4 has been shot down by a U.S. Navy F-4 (flown by a USAF exchange pilot)

by Dave Svajda Oct 30 2018

[Updated] VFA-213 Blacklions F/A-18F crashes off the coast of Key West

by Dario Leone Mar 15 2018

Philippine Air Force OV-10C crashes, both crew members ejected safely

by Dario Leone May 27 2019

Bailing out at Mach 3: the incredible story of Bill Weaver, the first pilot to eject from an SR-71 Blackbird

by Dario Leone Jun 20 2021

Video shows an F-18 Hornet “shooting down” an A-4 Skyhawk during bomb deployment test

by Dario Leone Jun 27 2020

ATAC HAWKER HUNTER CRASHES OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO

by Dario Leone Aug 24 2017

AVIATION HISTORY

British Airways to unveil Boeing 747 in retro BOAC Paint Scheme

Jan 23 2019

by Dario Leone Jan 23 2019

RB-47H down: when a Soviet MiG-19 downed a USAF Elint plane over the Barents Sea

Aug 19 2018

by Dario Leone Aug 19 2018

Final Dogfight – May 8, 1945: Who scored the last aerial victory of the air war in Europe?

Aug 3 2020

by Dario Leone Aug 3 2020

Check out this image of CVW-17 Sailors aboard USS Nimitz recreating a 1943 photo featuring Grumman Avenger aboard USS Card

Mar 10 2020

by Gabriele Barison Mar 10 2020

LATEST ARTICLES

Dale “Snort” Snodgrass, legendary US Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot, killed in in the crash of a SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019

by Dario Leone Jul 25 2021

Jul 25 2021
In 1971 an SR-71 crew flew 15,000 miles, in 10 hours 30 minutes non-stop, in full continuous AB to see how many times the Blackbird could refuel before the liquid nitrogen gave out

by Dario Leone Jul 25 2021

Jul 25 2021
Here’s why a terrain-masked attack helicopter is safe against missiles but not against tube artillery

by Dario Leone Jul 24 2021

Jul 24 2021
Meet 2021 XTM X-Tiger, the special painted F-16 that celebrates 70 years of Belgian Air Component’s 31st Tiger Squadron

by Dario Leone Jul 23 2021

Jul 23 2021
SB>1 Defiant Flexes Its Muscles by lifting a 5,300-pound Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System training load

by Dario Leone Jul 23 2021

Jul 23 2021
Bell restarts UH-1Y Venom helicopter production for first international operator

by Dario Leone Jul 22 2021

Jul 22 2021
Former A-10 pilot: ‘Yes, you can fire the GAU-8A Avenger gun while the Warthog is inverted but you’d better not do it. And here’s why.”

by Dario Leone Jul 22 2021

Jul 22 2021
First AC-130J Ghostrider gunship delivered to Cannon Air Force Base

by Dario Leone Jul 21 2021

Jul 21 2021

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