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Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The incredible story of the “Piggyback Flight,” the incident where a B-17 collided with another B-17 and became hooked together
Aviation History / Civil Aviation
That time two Concorde supersonic airliners landed simultaneously at Orlando International Airport (and cooked the runway when they took off)
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Meet 2021 XTM X-Tiger, the special painted F-16 that celebrates 70 years of Belgian Air Component’s 31st Tiger Squadron
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Luftwaffe Dornier Do 217 bombers sank the Italian battleship Roma by means of the Fritz X, the first ever precision-guided bomb deployed in combat
Aviation History / Military Aviation
HERE’S WHY THE F-105 WAS DUBBED THE “THUD”
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Weapons
The story of the T-12 Cloudmaker, the 44,000 lb earthquake bomb carried by the B-36 Peacemaker
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Memphis Belle pilot tells the story of the B-17 Flying Fortress raid on the Focke-Wulf plant at Bremen (featured in Memphis Belle movie)
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The dogfight that proved the Dutch Fokker G.1 fighter was a serious threat for Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Remembering the Washington bomber: why RAF never liked the iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The King of Lampedusa: The day 4,300 Italian Soldiers surrendered to a RAF Swordfish pilot
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Eastern Air Defense Sector takes group photo with F-16 #89-114, one of the jets that responded to 9/11 terror attacks
Aviation History / Military Aviation / Warbirds
During WWII Axis pilots tested captured Allied aircraft: they deemed the Spitfire a miserable fighter, the LaGG–3 poorly maneuverable and the P-51 disconcerting
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The strange case of the first kills scored by RSAF (or USAF?) F-15 pilots
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Royal New Zealand Air Force A-4 pilot who fired warning shots across the bow of a Taiwanese squid boat retires after more than 60 years of service
Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety
The story of Mathias Rust, the German teenager who landed his Cessna in Red Square
Aircraft Carriers / Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety
Did you know this is the Most Famous Ramp Strike in Movie History?
Aviation History / Military Aviation / Warbirds
