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Hey Geeks! Here you can read all Cold War Era stories published on The Aviation Geek Club site.

SR-71 Blackbird pilot tells the story of when he did an emergency landing to a CIA compound in Thailand after a double engine flame out while on a spy mission during the Vietnam War

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Blackbird pilot tells the story of when he did an emergency landing to a CIA compound in Thailand after a double engine flame out while on a spy mission during the Vietnam War

Linda Sheffield Miller

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Supersonic Convertible Thud! The Story of the F-105 Driver who Flew his Aircraft with the Canopy Off at 695 Knots over North Vietnam

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The F-105 Vice Wing Commander that was court-martialed for having protected one of its pilots that erroneously strafed a Russian ship while attacking NVA AAA

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

Su-9

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Strange but true: the Soviet Su-9 flew better without pilot. The incidents where pilotless Fishpot-Bs landed on their own.

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

Scooter Vs Fresco: the story of the only air-to-air kill scored by an American A-4

Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

Scooter Vs Fresco: the story of the only air-to-air kill scored by an American A-4

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

Project Blue Book and the story of how UFO sightings were used to cover high altitude U-2 flights

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

That time a Taiwanese U-2 pilot flamed out at 70,000 feet over the Rocky Mountains and glided to a rough night landing at a remote airport in Colorado

Dario Leone

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird that pitched up and collided with a KC-135Q tanker during an air refueling over El Paso

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird that pitched up and collided with a KC-135Q tanker during an air refueling over El Paso

Linda Sheffield Miller

This Israeli F-4 was shot down by an Israeli Nesher during the Yom Kippur War: the story of the only Blue-On-Blue incident that resulted in one IAF aircraft shooting down another IAF aircraft

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

This Israeli F-4 was shot down by an Israeli Nesher during the Yom Kippur War: the story of the only Blue-On-Blue incident that resulted in one IAF aircraft shooting down another IAF aircraft

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

Did you know the navigator’s station in Canberra PR.9 was one of the most uncomfortable crew stations ever designed?

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Did you know the navigator’s station in Canberra PR.9 was one of the most uncomfortable crew stations ever designed?

Dario Leone

Sidestick of Israeli Air Force F-16A that struck Osirak nuclear reactor during Operation Opera put up for auction

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Sidestick of Israeli Air Force F-16A that struck Osirak nuclear reactor during Operation Opera put up for auction

Dario Leone

Even though the AIM-120 was successfully tested on the F-14, the AMRAAM integration into fleet Tomcats was scrapped. Here’s why.

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Even though the AIM-120 was successfully tested on the F-14, the AMRAAM integration into fleet Tomcats was scrapped. Here’s why.

Dario Leone

The story of the first SR-71 crew to deploy a Blackbird in Japan that landed at Kadena two hours before the take off from Beale beating the sun

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of the first SR-71 crew to deploy a Blackbird in Japan that landed at Kadena two hours before the take off from Beale beating the sun

Linda Sheffield Miller

The story of the low-level flight tactics devised to allow Soviet M-4 and 3M Bison bombers to penetrate NATO air defence system

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of the low-level flight tactics devised to allow Soviet M-4 and 3M Bison bombers to penetrate NATO air defence system

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

Untouchable by enemy flak: here's why the B-36 Peacemaker would have been an awesome strategic bomber during World War II

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Untouchable by enemy flak: here’s why the B-36 Peacemaker would have been an awesome strategic bomber during World War II

Dario Leone

The story of Buddy Brown, the U-2 pilot that took part to O Club parties wearing fake bad teeth to joke about the ozone level effect on U-2 drivers

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of Buddy Brown, the U-2 pilot that took part in O Club parties wearing fake bad teeth to joke about the ozone level effect on U-2 drivers

Linda Sheffield Miller

How legendary Naval Aviator E. Royce Williams, Jr., was able to land an F-4 Phantom II with an engine on fire and the other flamed out

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

How legendary Naval Aviator E. Royce Williams, Jr., was able to land an F-4 Phantom II with an engine on fire and the other flamed out

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

That time an SR-71 Blackbird pilot hit the afterburners and did a flyby of the tower of Sacramento Airport

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when a KC-135Q crew flew through a thunderstorm with their tanker’s throttles frozen to refuel its Blackbird

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when a KC-135Q crew flew through a thunderstorm with their tanker’s throttles frozen to refuel its Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

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