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[Video] When a US Navy F-14 Tomcat Shot Down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

[Video] That time a US Navy F-14 Tomcat shot down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II during a war game

Dario Leone

Sep 21 2023

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[Video] The crash of Russian Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft at 1973 Paris Air Show

Civil Aviation / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety

Footage shows crash of Russian Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft at 1973 Paris Air Show

Sep 20 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Did you know Su-27 pilot Viktor Pugachev Wasn’t the First to Perform the Cobra? The Story of the Syrian MiG-21 Pilot who Developed the Cobra Manoeuvre

Sep 19 2023

Tom Cooper

The story of the Celestial Eagle, the only F-15 fighter jet to destroy a satellite

Sep 18 2023

Dario Leone

SR-71 crew chief explains why the Blackbird never stopped to leak fuel and why SR-71s on public display are still weeping JP-7 today

Sep 17 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The F-107 Ultra Sabre, the Odd-Looking Ultra Hump-back aircraft defeated by the F-105 Thunderchief in the contest for an all-weather fighter-bomber

Sep 17 2023

Dario Leone

Supersonic Victor! The story of the RAF strategic bomber that dived out of control from 46,000 to 16,000 feet in 20 seconds

Sep 16 2023

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 pilot recalls that time his Blackbird flew so fast that he and his RSO landed at Kadena AB two hours before they took off from Beale AFB beating the sun

Sep 13 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

B-52 pilot recalls when he and his crew had to eject after their BUFF was shot down by a USAF F-100 Super Sabre

Sep 10 2023

Dario Leone

The story of Totskoye Nuclear Exercise, the deadliest military exercise in history where Soviets dropped an atomic bomb on their own soldiers

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The Totskoye Nuclear Exercise, the deadliest military exercise in history where Soviets dropped an atomic bomb on their own soldiers

Sep 10 2023

Dario Leone

Legendary “Sled Driver” Brian Shul tells the story behind his famed SR-71 Blackbird Ground Speed Check

Sep 9 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Helicopters / Military Aviation

Vietnam War AH-1 pilot who lifted four US Army soldiers clinging to the Cobra’s skids and rocket pods out of harm’s way received the Medal of Honor

Sep 7 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Did you know the defection of Viktor Belenko inspired Clint Eastwood’s Firefox?

Sep 6 2023

Dario Leone

F-8 Pilot recalls how a good brief by his CO saved his bacon during a night carrier landing with his Crusader radio not working

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

F-8 Pilot recalls how a good brief by his Flight Lead saved his bacon during a night carrier landing with his Crusader radio not working

Sep 5 2023

Larry Durbin

These photos of Viktor Belenko’s defecting MiG-25 buzzing Hakodate rooftops prove that reaching Japan was easy but landing the Foxbat was difficult. Here’s why.

Sep 4 2023

Dario Leone

The crews never saw the ship once! USS Midway Sailor recalls when during a typhoon 35 planes (a mix of F-4s, A-6s and A-7s) successfully landed at night on the carrier.

Sep 4 2023

Willie Maddox

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot recalls when he accelerated his Blackbird to Mach 3.2 and denied an F-15 pilot an “easy,” simulated kill against its Habu during a training sortie

Sep 3 2023

Dario Leone

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Cold War Era

[Video] That time a US Navy F-14 Tomcat shot down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II during a war game

Thanks to our partners

Footage shows crash of Russian Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft at 1973 Paris Air Show

Did you know Su-27 pilot Viktor Pugachev Wasn’t the First to Perform the Cobra? The Story of the Syrian MiG-21 Pilot who Developed the Cobra Manoeuvre

The story of the Celestial Eagle, the only F-15 fighter jet to destroy a satellite

SR-71 crew chief explains why the Blackbird never stopped to leak fuel and why SR-71s on public display are still weeping JP-7 today

The F-107 Ultra Sabre, the Odd-Looking Ultra Hump-back aircraft defeated by the F-105 Thunderchief in the contest for an all-weather fighter-bomber

Supersonic Victor! The story of the RAF strategic bomber that dived out of control from 46,000 to 16,000 feet in 20 seconds

SR-71 pilot recalls that time his Blackbird flew so fast that he and his RSO landed at Kadena AB two hours before they took off from Beale AFB beating the sun

B-52 pilot recalls when he and his crew had to eject after their BUFF was shot down by a USAF F-100 Super Sabre

The Totskoye Nuclear Exercise, the deadliest military exercise in history where Soviets dropped an atomic bomb on their own soldiers

Legendary “Sled Driver” Brian Shul tells the story behind his famed SR-71 Blackbird Ground Speed Check

Vietnam War AH-1 pilot who lifted four US Army soldiers clinging to the Cobra’s skids and rocket pods out of harm’s way received the Medal of Honor

Did you know the defection of Viktor Belenko inspired Clint Eastwood’s Firefox?

F-8 Pilot recalls how a good brief by his Flight Lead saved his bacon during a night carrier landing with his Crusader radio not working

These photos of Viktor Belenko’s defecting MiG-25 buzzing Hakodate rooftops prove that reaching Japan was easy but landing the Foxbat was difficult. Here’s why.

The crews never saw the ship once! USS Midway Sailor recalls when during a typhoon 35 planes (a mix of F-4s, A-6s and A-7s) successfully landed at night on the carrier.

SR-71 pilot recalls when he accelerated his Blackbird to Mach 3.2 and denied an F-15 pilot an “easy,” simulated kill against its Habu during a training sortie

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