Dario Leone
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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
FB-111 Pilot recalls when flying at Mach 1.2 at 200 feet during a Red Flag exercise he blew out the windows and a door of a Winnebago type RV that got lost into a restricted area
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
Nuclear Submarine Officer recalls when his submarine’s periscope hit a small one-man fishing boat knocking the fisherman overboard
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Naval Flight Officer explains why even though the port inboard stabilizer on the E-2 / C-2 doesn’t have a movable rudder both aircraft have four stabilizers instead of three
Aircraft Carriers / Naval Warfare
After Almost 6-Year-Long Refueling Overhaul Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington Leaves Newport News for sea trials
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The Spitfire Mk.XIV (and not the P-51D) was the best piston-engined fighter of WWII in Europe even according to Adolf Galland. Here’s why.
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Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The Flying Fortress Designer Error: 400 early B-17s crashed on landing because the controls for the Wing Flaps and Landing Gear looked the same And were positioned close to each other.
Military Aviation
The KC-135 can now handle cargo without the need for a K-loader or a forklift thanks to the Pack and Transport Reloader crane
Military Aviation
USAF releases Classified Solicitation to Start Process for Selecting the Contractor for NGAD to Replace the F-22 Raptor
Military Aviation
Naval Aviator explains why the F-35 can give the F-22 fits in BVR while 4th Gen Fighters have 1:100 chance at best to beat the Raptor
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed
US Navy F-4 pilot recalls when his Phantom II radar screen went black because of the high speed of an SR-71 Blackbird he and his RIO tried to intercept while it was exiting Chinese airspace
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
Former XO of USS Florida explains why using an Ohio-class SSBN as Hunter Killer is like using a B-2 Stealth Bomber to dogfight against an F/A-18 Strike Fighter
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-15D Eagle Skids Off the Runway into Canal at Kingsley Field, pilot exits the aircraft safely
Aviation History / Cold War Era / MiG Killers
The Fearsome Crusader scored its last MiG Kill against a North Vietnamese MiG-17 pilot that chose to eject when he found his opponent was an F-8 instead of an F-4
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Close Cousins: IAI Lavi versus F-16 Viper
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Military Aviation
Romanian Air Force retires its MiG-21 LanceR fighter fleet
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of Owen J. Baggett, the B-24 Copilot who shot down a Japanese Zero with his Colt .45 while hanging from his open parachute after he bailed out from his stricken Liberator
Military Aviation
