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Piggybacks! USAAF P-51 Mustang pilots explain how they were able to shoot down a flight of Mistel combinations over Germany

Aviation History / Military Aviation

USAAF P-51 Mustang pilots tell the story of when they shot down a flight of Mistel combinations on their way to attack the Royal Navy’s home fleet at Scapa Flow

Jun 16 2023

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Mortons Books

Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

During the Battle of Midway a USAAF B-26 Marauder pilot buzzed the flight deck of Japanese Aircraft Carrier Akagi to save his crew

Jun 13 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Military Aviation

USAF SNCO explains why if the F-22 production line hadn’t been torn apart years ago, today the Raptor would have about the same cost of the F-15EX Eagle II

Jun 9 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Operation Opera: the story of how Israeli Air Force F-16 Netz fighter bombers destroyed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor

Jun 6 2023

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Mortons Books

Aviation History / Military Aviation

The story of the “Messerspit:” when Germans fitted a Spitfire with a DB 605A, they found it was better than the Merlin Version.

Jun 3 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of the A-12CB, the Oxcart Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was

May 31 2023

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Mortons Books

Final Dogfight – May 8, 1945: Who scored the last aerial victory of the air war in Europe?

Aviation History / Military Aviation

Did you know Luftwaffe Bf 109 pilot Erich Hartmann did not fire until the enemy was as close as 66 feet? How the most successful fighter ace in aviation history scored Air-to-Air Kills.

May 30 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Military Aviation

Final flight for Swiss Mirage IIIDS HB-RDF, the only privately-operated Mirage IIIDS in the world

May 29 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Here’s why the SR-71 inlets had to be labeled “L” and “R” and why the Blackbird had engine and afterburner fuel control cable pulleys

May 28 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

F-16 Vs A-10: why Viper’s CAS Variants failed to replace the Warthog

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

AirLand Battle, the F-16 Vs the A-10, the Aborted A-16 and the story of why the Viper’s CAS Variant failed to replace the Warthog

May 25 2023

Dario Leone

SR-71 pilot Brian Shul, famous for his ground speed check story, passed away while giving a speech about the Blackbird

May 22 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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.

May 22 2023

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Mortons Books

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.

May 21 2023

Dario Leone

The controversial story of the North Vietnamese MiG-17 pilot who punched out when he found his opponent was an F-8 instead of an F-4

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

May 17 2023

Dario Leone

Close Cousins: IAI Lavi versus F-16 Viper

May 16 2023

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Mortons Books

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

May 15 2023

Dario Leone

How the F-14 Tomcat sharpened his teeth: the story of the six-on-six missile shot test

Aviation History / Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The story of when a US Navy F-14 Tomcat fired six AIM-54 Phoenix missiles against six different targets simultaneously: the six-on-six missile shot test

May 14 2023

Dario Leone

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Aviation History

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USAAF P-51 Mustang pilots tell the story of when they shot down a flight of Mistel combinations on their way to attack the Royal Navy’s home fleet at Scapa Flow

During the Battle of Midway a USAAF B-26 Marauder pilot buzzed the flight deck of Japanese Aircraft Carrier Akagi to save his crew

USAF SNCO explains why if the F-22 production line hadn’t been torn apart years ago, today the Raptor would have about the same cost of the F-15EX Eagle II

Operation Opera: the story of how Israeli Air Force F-16 Netz fighter bombers destroyed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor

The story of the “Messerspit:” when Germans fitted a Spitfire with a DB 605A, they found it was better than the Merlin Version.

The story of the A-12CB, the Oxcart Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was

Did you know Luftwaffe Bf 109 pilot Erich Hartmann did not fire until the enemy was as close as 66 feet? How the most successful fighter ace in aviation history scored Air-to-Air Kills.

Final flight for Swiss Mirage IIIDS HB-RDF, the only privately-operated Mirage IIIDS in the world

Here’s why the SR-71 inlets had to be labeled “L” and “R” and why the Blackbird had engine and afterburner fuel control cable pulleys

AirLand Battle, the F-16 Vs the A-10, the Aborted A-16 and the story of why the Viper’s CAS Variant failed to replace the Warthog

SR-71 pilot Brian Shul, famous for his ground speed check story, passed away while giving a speech about the Blackbird

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.

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.

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

Close Cousins: IAI Lavi versus F-16 Viper

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

The story of when a US Navy F-14 Tomcat fired six AIM-54 Phoenix missiles against six different targets simultaneously: the six-on-six missile shot test

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