Hey Geeks! Here you can read all Cold War Era stories published on The Aviation Geek Club site.
As the target was approached, the left engine oil pressure began to drop (at Mach 3.2). As the SR-71 Blackbird started…
“Seconds later we saw them, two MiGs. Crossover and the two of us engaged them. One MiG disappeared the other MiG…
Ironically, whomever one asks in Jordan, nothing of this has ever happened (even if the name of the Hunter-pilot is known)….…
The final resting place of SR-71 Blackbird #61-17974 better known as Ichiban was in 25,597 feet of water, in an area…
The SR-71 night time flight performance restrictions were lifted so the flight could be flown at max Mach (3.2) and turns…
When working in Track-While-Scan mode, the AWG-9 emissions were difficult to identify for contemporary radar warning receivers, and thus warning of…
The presence of “Texaco” overhead was usually mandatory during night cyclic operations, and the tanker was almost always the last one…
‘Some sorties included highly dynamic dissimilar air combat exercises against the US Marine Corps F/A 18, as it had a similar…
‘At the time, I figured that I had placed an additional burden upon Kurnass squadrons that rotated the escort mission, but…
Although the US Navy dispatched a flotilla of destroyers from the Philippines to monitor the fighting in the Paracel Islands, they…
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