Cold War Era
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Cool clips feature B-47 Stratojet bombers doing Immelmann Turns and Barrel Rolls
Aviation History / Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Avro Vulcan Pilot recalls when his bomber was ‘zapped’ with kiwis within the roundels on either side of the nose during New Zealand Ranger
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
B-47 navigator/bombardier recalls when his Stratojet flew the largest Nuclear Bomb ever built to Spain
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of the U-2 shot down that nearly escalated the Cuban Missile Crisis into World War III
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The story of how the US secretly tested the A-12 Mach 3 Spy Plane RCS during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare
U-2 pilot recalls when a Soviet submarine nearly fired a nuclear torpedo at a US Navy ship almost escalating Cuban Missile Crisis into World War III
Airshows / Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The story of the Blue Angels F11F pilots that developed the team’s trademark Back-to-Back Pass maneuver
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The story of the USMC EF-10B aircrew that penetrated Cuban airspace and the Skyknight ELINT missions flown during the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare
When China took control of the Paracel Islands after defeating South Vietnam (The US did not lend help to the South Vietnamese)
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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
SR-71 RSO recalls when his Blackbird Photographed all of the SA-2 SAM Sites in North Korea in One Mission before doing an Emergency Landing in South Korea
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
US Navy F-8 Pilot Says the French Aéronavale Retired the Legendary Crusader in Proper Style
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Warbirds
“Lone Wolf,” the F-117 that dropped the first bomb in Desert Storm, to arrive at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum ahead of multi-year restoration
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of Anatoliy Kvochur, the MiG-29 Pilot who Ejected Two Seconds Before the Crash of his Fulcrum. He survived although he ejected outside the seat’s envelope.
Aviation History / Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
The story of when US Navy F-14s and Italian F-104s Clashed Over Egyptian Boeing 737 Carrying Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Israeli Air Force F-4 Navigator recalls when he and his pilot attacked an Egyptian warship with an AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile during the Yom Kippur War
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed
‘When the Valkyrie flies at Mach 3 it loses pieces that are bigger than the Blackbird, but the XB-70 flies less Mach 3 time than the YF-12.’ The Mach 3 rivalry between the YF-12 and XB-70.
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
