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From Soviet Yak-26 and MiG-25 to USAF U-2 and SR-71: the reconnaissance aircraft that Israeli F-4 fighter jets were never able to shoot down

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

REMEMBERING THE ABSOLUTE ALTITUDE RECORD SET BY FEDOTOV MiG-25 ON AUG. 31, 1977

Dario Leone

RB-47E

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

55th WING RB-47 CO-PILOT SHOT DOWN AND IMPRISONED BY SOVIETS WILL BE BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Dario Leone

The Story of the RB-47H ELINT Plane shot down by a Soviet MiG-19 over the Barents Sea

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

A QUICK LOOK AT WHY THE B-47 STRATOJET HAD BEEN THE BACKBONE OF STRATEGIC AIR COMMMAND IN THE EARLY COLD WAR

Dario Leone

A QUICK LOOK AT NASA YF-12 BLACKBIRDs AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE "COLDWALL" PROJECT

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

A QUICK LOOK AT NASA YF-12 BLACKBIRDs AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE “COLDWALL” PROJECT

Dario Leone

THIS DAY IN AVIATION HISTORY: FRANCIS GARY POWERS U-2 SHOT DOWN

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

THIS DAY IN AVIATION HISTORY: FRANCIS GARY POWERS U-2 SHOT DOWN

Dario Leone

Sandwich

Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

FORMER U.S. NAVAL AVIATOR GIVES FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF SOVIET BOMBERS OVERFLIGHTS OF U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

John Newlin

The story of why the German Air Force and German Navy dubbed the F-104 Starfighter “Widow Maker”

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

HERE’S WHY THE LUFTWAFFE DUBBED THE ICONIC F-104 STARFIGHTER “WIDOW MAKER”

Dario Leone

B-58

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

INTERESTING PHOTO SHOWS THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST B-58 HUSTLER SUPERSONIC BOMBER AT EDWARDS AFB FLIGHT TEST CENTER

Dario Leone

A LOOK AT THE PAST: THE F-106 DELTA DART INTERCEPTOR AND THE AIR-2 GENIE AIR-TO-AIR NUCLEAR ROCKET

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

A LOOK AT THE PAST: THE F-106 DELTA DART INTERCEPTOR AND THE AIR-2 GENIE AIR-TO-AIR NUCLEAR ROCKET

Dario Leone

Lightning interceptor

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

GORGEOUS COLD WAR ERA VIDEO SHOWS ROYAL AIR FORCE LIGHTNING INTERCEPTORS PERFORMING A SCRAMBLE

Gabriele Barison

THRILLING COLD WAR ERA VIDEO FEATURES U.S. AIR FORCE F-4 PHANTOM INTERCEPTORS PERFORMING ZULU ALERT SCRAMBLE

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

THRILLING COLD WAR ERA VIDEO FEATURES U.S. AIR FORCE F-4 PHANTOM INTERCEPTORS PERFORMING ZULU ALERT SCRAMBLE

Dario Leone

C-119 Flying Boxcar

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

HISTORIC C-119 FLYING BOXCAR AIRLIFTER THAT TOOK PART IN THE BATTLE OF CHOSIN RESERVOIR SAVED FROM SCRAP YARD BY AIR MOBILITY COMMAND MUSEUM

Dario Leone

Tallil Strikes, Bridge-Busters and other Memorable F-117 Missions flown during Operation Desert Storm

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

HERE’S WHY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE HAS NOT BECOME THE ONLY F-117 NIGHTHAWK STEALTH FIGHTER FOREIGN OPERATOR

Dario Leone

MiG-23 Flogger

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

CONSTANT PEG PROGRAM MiG-23 FLOGGER FIGHTER JET HAS BEEN NAMED AFTER AIR COMBAT COMMAND COMMANDER

Dario Leone

B-52B Restoration

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

OPERATION PRESERVATION: HOW THE ATOMIC TRIALS B-52 STRATOFORTRESS BOMBER HAS BEEN RESTORED

Dario Leone

That time a Wife had her Wedding Ring flown at Mach 3

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

HERE’S HOW SR-71 BLACKBIRD PILOTS WHO ESTABLISHED ABSOLUTE SPEED RECORD CELEBRATED THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HISTORIC FLIGHT

Dario Leone

MiG-29 Fulcrum

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Ivan Mikoyan, co-designer of the iconic MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet, has passed away

Dario Leone

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