Soviets never received any (Iranian) Tomcat. But they published this F-14 “booklet” for their top fighter pilots.
The Soviets did not need to ‘steal’ or ‘get’ any Tomcats: obtaining quite good intel on the F-14 – from the…
Hey Geeks! Here you can read all Cold War Era stories published on The Aviation Geek Club site.
The Soviets did not need to ‘steal’ or ‘get’ any Tomcats: obtaining quite good intel on the F-14 – from the…
The diversion took place on Nov. 9, 1989, and the aircraft was Phantom FGR.2 serial XV476. As we have reported in…
At the time of the explosion, Lt. Jack Ensch and Lt. Cmdr. Michael Doyle were flying at 500 knots at an…
On Nov. 18, 1952, Royce Williams became the top-scoring carrier-based naval aviator and the top-scoring naval aviator in a Navy jet…
Unveiled on Nov. 18, 2020, the F-14 monument is placed feet away from a prototype of the same famed jet that…
It was the ease with which the aeroplane passed into the supersonic regime, with none of the violent behaviour experienced by…
The first A-4AR Fighting Hawk (in recognition of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which was the source of its new avionics) reached…
‘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…
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