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COLD WAR ERA

IAF Fighter Pilots Explain why Israel Picked the F-15 Eagle over the F-14 Tomcat
by Dario Leone Oct 20 2019
by Dario Leone Oct 20 2019
Remembering Gil Bertelson, the SR-71 driver that saw three sunrises on a single Blackbird mission
by Dario Leone Jul 14 2018
by Dario Leone Jul 14 2018
Medal of Honor sought for US Korean War F9F Naval Aviator who shot down 4 Soviet MiG-15s in a single top-secret dogfight
by Dario Leone May 29 2020
by Dario Leone May 29 2020
Remembering the Shootdown of Lt. Commander John McCain over Hanoi
by Dario Leone Aug 26 2018
by Dario Leone Aug 26 2018
#SaveBrunty: online petition is trying to save Cold War Jets preserved at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome
by Dario Leone Jun 26 2020
by Dario Leone Jun 26 2020
Skyraider pilot recalls the mission that inspired James Michener’s The Bridges at Toko-Ri
by Dario Leone Jun 3 2019
by Dario Leone Jun 3 2019

FROM OUR ARCHIVE

Trump blocks F-35 transfer to Turkey, deepening rift with NATO ally

by Dario Leone Aug 16 2018

IRIAF F-14A Tomcat crashes, both crew members ejected safely

by Dario Leone May 14 2019

Boeing 747 Cargo Jet Skids Off Runway on Landing at Canada’s Halifax Airport

by Dario Leone Nov 8 2018

FIRST U.S. ARMY PILOT FLIES V-280 VALOR

by Dario Leone Feb 16 2018

IMPRESSIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS F-35B TESTING PODDED GAU-22/A GUN. BUT IT’S NOT A BRRRRRTTTTTTT VIDEO

by Dario Leone Oct 30 2017

[Video] SB>1 Defiant Exceeds 100 knots

by Dario Leone Jan 20 2020

Stall and Fall! That time a C-5 Galaxy nearly crashed while approaching Diego Garcia

by Dario Leone Jul 13 2018

READ HOW THIS HABU DRIVER SAVED HIS SR-71 FROM CERTAIN DESTRUCTION

by Dario Leone Dec 29 2017

THE F-15 SATELLITE KILLER AND THE ASM-135A ASAT MISSILE

by Dario Leone Jan 21 2018

Navigational issue behind June 2017 RQ-4B crash

by Dario Leone Nov 18 2018

LOSSES/AVIATION SAFETY

Turkish Air Force F-16 Shot Down Syrian L-39 over Syria

by Dario Leone Mar 3 2020

The nose is coming off! How a T-38 trainer helped an SR-71 that was losing her nose section in flight to RTB

by Dario Leone Jun 5 2018

USAF REPLACES OLD BAK-14 HOOK AIRCRAFT ARRESTING SYSTEM WITH THE NEW BAK-14M

by Dario Leone Oct 29 2017

David’s Sling, Israel’s advanced SAM, seized by Russian army after landing in Syrian territory

by Dario Leone Nov 10 2019

Spanish Eurofighter aircraft suspended from NATO Baltic Air Policing duties in the wake of accidental AMRAAM launch

by Dario Leone Aug 14 2018

BELGIAN AIR COMPONENT PILOT FALLS FROM HIS A109 HELICOPTER DURING AIRSHOW

by Dario Leone Sep 5 2017

A-10 Thunderbolt II inadvertently drops three BDU-33 Training Munitions after Bird Strike

by Gabriele Barison Jul 7 2019

That time a USAF EC-121 Warning Star almost landed on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier

by Gabriele Barison Jul 18 2018

That time a Soviet Su-27 Flanker Collided with a Norwegian P-3 Orion over the Barents Sea

by Dario Leone Jul 22 2019

AVIATION HISTORY

Legendary Soviet test pilot Georgy Mosolov has passed away. He had been the first to fly the MiG-21.

Mar 22 2018

by Dario Leone Mar 22 2018

When Jimmy Stewart flew B-52’s in Vietnam: the Story of the Hollywood Star who became an Air Force 2-Star General

Mar 11 2020

by Dario Leone Mar 11 2020

THAT TIME A U.S. NAVY RA-5C VIGILANTE TOOK A PICTURE OF AN SA-2 SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE PASSING JUST 104 FEET AWAY FROM ITS BELLY

Dec 11 2017

by Dario Leone Dec 11 2017

Remembering Operation Chastise: Special Lancasters, the No. 617 Squadron and the Dam Buster raids

Jan 18 2019

by Dario Leone Jan 18 2019

LATEST ARTICLES

The day Israeli F-4Es shot down 14 Egyptian Mi-8 helicopters (one by using their afterburner)
by Dario Leone Jul 15 2020
Jul 15 2020
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
Jul 15 2020
How a captured Focke-Wulf Fw 190A led to the development of the Spitfire Mk IX, the best close-in fighter of WWII
by TAGCTeam Jul 14 2020
Jul 14 2020
Department of the Air Force awards Boeing $1.2 billion contract for first lot of F-15EX fighter aircraft
by Dario Leone Jul 14 2020
Jul 14 2020
That time a US Navy F/A-18 shot down a US Navy E-2C on purpose to avoid casualties
by Dario Leone Jul 13 2020
Jul 13 2020
Boeing completes delivery of all AH-64E Apache and CH-47F Chinook military helicopters to the Indian Air Force
by Dario Leone Jul 13 2020
Jul 13 2020
Fire erupts aboard USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious warship. 18 sailors injured.
by Dario Leone Jul 12 2020
Jul 12 2020
Here’s why MBDA Meteor is the best Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile ever conceived
by Dario Leone Jul 12 2020
Jul 12 2020

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