None of the Fiat G.91R fighter bombers were deployed in Angola until the Carnation Revolution – a coup by leftist officers…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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Military AviationWeapons
The weird story of the South African missile very similar to the ramjet-powered version of the Russian R-77 medium-range air-to-air missile
Most likely, this was a sheer accident. Or – and considering a number of what could only be described as ‘South…
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Aviation HistoryDronesMilitary Aviation
The story behind this incredible photo of a North Vietnamese MiG-21 flying extremely close to a Firebee drone (and other BQM-34 tales)
The deployment of BQM-34 Firebee reconnaissance drones during the Vietnam War (and over the PR China) would be worth a ‘book’…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The story of the Jordanian F-104A Starfighters that shot down a Jordanian Hunter which tried to shot down the Alouette III helicopter carrying Jordanian King Hussein
Ironically, whomever one asks in Jordan, nothing of this has ever happened (even if the name of the Hunter-pilot is known)….…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Soviets never received any (Iranian) Tomcat. But they published this F-14 “booklet” for their top fighter pilots.
The Soviets did not need to ‘steal’ or ‘get’ any Tomcats: obtaining quite good intel on the F-14 – from the…
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Aviation HistoryF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
You either love it or hate it: why 50 years after its first flight the F-14 Tomcat is still a highly controversial aircraft
The F-14 saw much more combat than usually thought: indeed, much more than the other ‘teen fighters’ – including F-15, F-16,…
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Military Aviation
During the I Karabakh War of 1992-1994 both Armenia and Azerbaijan claimed lots of ‘MiG-25’ shot downs. But most of jets were either L-39s or Su-25s
During the I Karabakh War both sides were claiming a lots of ‘MiG-25s’ as shot down – almost all by MANPADS.…
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Cold War EraHelicoptersMilitary Aviation
The fake story of the Iraqi Mi-24 attack helicopter that shot down an Iranian F-4 using an anti-tank guided missile
‘On popular request’: what’s the story about ‘Iraqi Mi-24 shot down an Iranian F-4’ – and then using an AT-4 or…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The story of Abbas Dowran, the Iranian F-4E pilot who was shot down while trying to conduct a low level attack on Baghdad during the summit of non-aligned nations
The Iraqi air defences lost the track of Dowran’s jet until it entered the zone covered by their low-altitude radars, about…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Iraqi MiG-21 F-14 Killer than never was: the story of the MiG-21 Jay Fighter
Is there a chance for such an aircraft to have ever shot down an IRIAF F-14? This is to address one…
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