Hey Geeks! Here you can read all Cold War Era stories published on The Aviation Geek Club site.
‘I fired the 23-mm cannon in a rear-quarter attack from below as the target passed ahead of me. I finally ceased…
Snr Lt Khominich opened fire and peppered one of the F-80s with a three-second burst of cannon fire, ceasing when the…
Not only did the MiG-21 proved to be easy to maintain, but the Soviets were quick to deliver. Originally ordered in…
Capt William ‘Gene’ Eskew ‘s F-105 was engulfed by fire as the MiG disintegrated in a violent explosion. Eskew’s head jerked…
It had taken less than ten minutes to destroy three Yaks and seriously damage a fourth. In fact the wreckage of…
As Yugoslav jets were flying above Yugoslav Air Force’s base in Cerklje, the ground personnel panicked – they were not even…
“Flying upside down underneath a tanker while in a thunderstorm on instruments with a full fuel and bomb load was a…
The presence of “Texaco” overhead was usually mandatory during night cyclic operations, and the tanker was almost always the last one…
The McDonnell Aircraft Corp. developed the XF-85 Goblin “parasite” fighter to protect B-36 bombers flying far beyond the range of conventional…
On Nov. 3, 1956, at the height of Operation Musketeer, No 139 Sqn was tasked with marking Luxor airfield for the…
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