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The story of the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl, the Most Secret Program ever developed by the famed Lockheed Skunk Works
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The Most Secret Program ever developed by famed Lockheed Skunk Works was not the SR-71 Blackbird, but the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl
This Japanese H8K flying boat tried to collide with a US Navy PB4Y but crashed after missing it by just 25ft
Aviation History / Military Aviation
This Japanese H8K flying boat tried to collide with a US Navy PB4Y but crashed after missing it by just 25ft
F-16 Vs A-10: why Viper’s CAS Variants failed to replace the Warthog
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
F-16 Vs A-10: why Viper’s CAS Variants failed to replace the Warthog
The day Legendary Luftwaffe Ace Adolf Galland asked Reich Marshal Hermann Goering a Squadron of Spitfires
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The day Legendary Luftwaffe Ace Adolf Galland asked Reich Marshal Hermann Goering a Squadron of Spitfires
Sponsored by: Schiffer Military
That time an Air America UH-1D Huey shot down a North Vietnamese An-2 Colt Biplane
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Helicopters / Military Aviation
That time an Air America UH-1D Huey shot down a North Vietnamese An-2 Colt Biplane
This pilot scored both the first U.S. F-16 kill and the first kill for the AIM 120 AMRAAM
Aviation History / MiG Killers / Military Aviation
30 Years Ago Today, this Fighter Pilot scored both the First US F-16 Kill and the First Kill for the AIM-120 AMRAAM
Sponsored by: Schiffer Military
US Naval Aviator explains why even though the A-4 was agile enough to serve as adversary aircraft with the US Navy, the Skyhawk was not a great fighter
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
US Naval Aviator explains why even though the A-4 was agile enough to serve as adversary aircraft with the US Navy, the Skyhawk was not a great fighter
F9F Naval Aviator Soviet MiGs
Aviation History / Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation
Capt. E. Royce Williams, F9F-5 pilot who dogfight alone against 7 Soviet MiGs and shot down 4 of them, was awarded the Navy Cross but Medal of Honor still sought
The story of the four British Airways Concorde Supersonic Airliners that flew in formation on Christmas Eve
Aviation History / Civil Aviation / Cold War Era
The story of the four British Airways Concorde Supersonic Airliners that flew in formation on Christmas Eve
The Story Behind the Famous Sequence of The Right Stuff Movie featuring Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 Ejection
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety
The True Story of Chuck Yeager’s NF-104 Ejection featured in the Famous Sequence of The Right Stuff Movie
Did you know the B-36 Checklist lasted Six Hours (with another hour for a preflight check of 600 items)? The Shortest Checklist is instead that of the T-38 Trainer.
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Did you know the B-36 Checklist lasted Six Hours (with another hour for a preflight check of 600 items)? The Shortest Checklist is instead that of the T-38 Trainer.
Did you know that with 3,150 aircraft, 5,900 engines and 340,000 pieces of aircraft 309 AMARG could be the second largest air force in the world?
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Did you know that with 3,150 aircraft, 5,900 engines and 340,000 pieces of aircraft 309 AMARG could be the second largest air force in the world?
The 11 Days that Ended 11 Years of War: the B-52 and Operation Linebacker II
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
50 Years Later: Operation Linebacker II. While the brave aircrews from the past are no longer in the USAF ranks, the B-52 Stratofortress continues to serve to this day.
The story of the crew of a badly damaged American B-17 that was saved by a Luftwaffe Bf 109 pilot that escorted the crippled bomber over the North Sea
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The story of the crew of a badly damaged American B-17 that was saved by a Luftwaffe Bf 109 pilot that escorted the crippled bomber over the North Sea
The ringmaster’s Grand Finale: Legendary German Ace Adolf Galland tells the exciting story of his last combat mission
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Legendary German Ace Adolf Galland tells the story of his last combat mission, P-47 pilot recalls the dogfight where he shot down Galland during his last combat
Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing
“Face Curtain” Vs “Lower Handle”: former US Naval aviator explains why some aircraft have 2 ejection handles above the seat while some have a single ejection handle between the pilot's legs
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
“Face Curtain” Vs “Lower Handle”: former US Naval aviator explains why some aircraft have 2 ejection handles above the seat while some have a single ejection handle between the pilot’s legs
Col. Joe Kittinger, USAF Fighter Pilot, POW and Longtime Freefall Record Holder Passed Away
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Col. Joe Kittinger, USAF Fighter Pilot, POW and Longtime Freefall Record Holder Passed Away
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