Hey Geeks! Here you can read all Cold War Era stories published on The Aviation Geek Club site.
When it became clear that Secretary of Defense McNamara was publicly losing faith in the bombing campaign, and wanted to halt…
Both XB-70s used six single-shaft General Electric YJ93-GE-3 turbojets, each developing 28,800lb thrust at sea level or 19,000lb in military power.…
The sight of the SR-71 caused considerable confusion in Ching Chuan Kang tower, particularly when one controller asked for the call-sign…
The F-104 extremely short wingspan, which made it a very fast but highly unstable craft at low altitudes, didn’t scare the…
‘While one of the Mirages from No. 144 Squadron, IAF shot down the F-4E with the call-sign Buffet 2, another went…
In August 1969, the Phantom demonstrated its ability to exceed the speed of sound at Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The McDonnell…
By 1961 General Power openly announced SAC conducted airborne alert missions, codenamed Chrome Dome, with nuclear-armed B-52s or BUFFs, meaning Big…
No Blackbird has ever been lost or damaged due to hostile action: in fact, even though over 4,000 missiles have been…
Spotting the two MiG-21s first, Moshe Melnik became the section leader and turned towards them, launching a Python 3 AAM as…
McDonnell Douglas gave Warner Bros. decade-old stock footage of the Blue Angels flying the iconic A-4F Skyhawk II and Warner Bros…
