Ichiban Wreckage: The story of how SR-71 Blackbird #61-17974 was recovered and buried at sea
The final resting place of SR-71 Blackbird #61-17974 better known as Ichiban was in 25,597 feet of water, in an area…
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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…
“The 106’s speed and range gave us the ability to ‘…get there the firstest with the mostest,’ which of course is…
“In a multi-aircraft engagement the Eagle’s relative strengths were reduced. When I fought F-15s, which was not often enough, we did…
F-80 pilot 1st Lt Russell J. Brown identified the plumes of burning kerosene from the falling tanks as the MiG catching…
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