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Just as the A-1H Skyraider, NE/572 “Paper Tiger II” was being shot off a 1MC message came from the bridge, ‘What…
Because of its air-to-air prowess the A-4 was soon nicknamed Mongoose, and provided to most fighter pilots the experience necessary to…
Many still believe that the F-15s involved in Operation Wooden Leg were F-15E Strike Eagles: instead the strike package that carried…
Whether it was the sound of 50,000 pounds of metal uncontrollably impacting the earth, or the light-hearted shortening of the name…
The nose art is applied on B-52 #60-0036, the bomber was one of two B-52Hs that launched the D-21 drone under…
The aircraft was painted black, and soon earned its name: “Blackbird.” At Lockheed’s advanced development group, the legendary Skunk Works in…
Given that bombers were the focus in the 1940s and 1950s, the facility earned a nickname among locals that endures today:…
The XB-70 Valkyrie was flown by North American test pilot Alvin S. White and Col. Joseph F. Cotton and took off…
Designated F-105F Wild Weasel III, the aircraft replaced the F-100F Wild Weasel I in the summer of 1966 and became the…
The drawings have been donated to The People’s Mosquito charity group that is planning to use them to restore a de…
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