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[Video] When a US Navy F-14 Tomcat Shot Down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

[Video] That time a US Navy F-14 Tomcat shot down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II during a war game

Dario Leone

Sep 21 2023

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The story of the Brazilian P-47 that safely RTB after it had a wing sheared off against a chimney on a strafing run and its tail damaged by Spitfires that mistook it for a German fighter

Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The story of the P-47 that safely RTB after it had a wing sheared off against a chimney during a strafing run and its tail damaged by Spitfires that mistook it for a German fighter

Sep 20 2023

Dario Leone

[Video] The crash of Russian Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft at 1973 Paris Air Show

Civil Aviation / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety

Footage shows crash of Russian Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft at 1973 Paris Air Show

Sep 20 2023

Dario Leone

The story of British Airways Flight 9, the Boeing 747 that lost all four engines due to volcanic ash (yet it landed safely)

Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety

Here’s how a British Airways Boeing 747 that lost all four engines due to volcanic ash was able to land safely

Sep 18 2023

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 crew chief explains why the Blackbird never stopped to leak fuel and why SR-71s on public display are still weeping JP-7 today

Sep 17 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Supersonic Victor! The story of the RAF strategic bomber that dived out of control from 46,000 to 16,000 feet in 20 seconds

Sep 16 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The story of Alan E. Magee, the B-17 belly gunner who survived a 20,000-foot fall without parachute from his damaged Flying Fortress

Sep 15 2023

Dario Leone

Taiwan could soon lease U.S. F-15 air superiority fighters

Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Is the F-15 perfect combat record of over 100 victories and zero defeats true? The Rumours of the Eagle Jet Fighters Shot Down in Air-to-Air Combat

Sep 14 2023

Dario Leone

USMC AH-1W and UH-1Y crews who were able to take off during the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion recall providing CAS to the airfield defenders

Sep 13 2023

Dario Leone

ANG F-16 pilots who were tasked to ram United Airlines Flight 93 recall being ready to Sacrifice their Lives on 9/11

Sep 11 2023

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

B-52 pilot recalls when he and his crew had to eject after their BUFF was shot down by a USAF F-100 Super Sabre

Sep 10 2023

Dario Leone

The story of Totskoye Nuclear Exercise, the deadliest military exercise in history where Soviets dropped an atomic bomb on their own soldiers

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The Totskoye Nuclear Exercise, the deadliest military exercise in history where Soviets dropped an atomic bomb on their own soldiers

Sep 10 2023

Dario Leone

Boeing 757 pilot recalls when he and his captain did an unrestricted climb to 10,000 feet (with no passengers aboard)

Sep 9 2023

Dario Leone

F-8 Pilot recalls how a good brief by his CO saved his bacon during a night carrier landing with his Crusader radio not working

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

F-8 Pilot recalls how a good brief by his Flight Lead saved his bacon during a night carrier landing with his Crusader radio not working

Sep 5 2023

Larry Durbin

The crews never saw the ship once! USS Midway Sailor recalls when during a typhoon 35 planes (a mix of F-4s, A-6s and A-7s) successfully landed at night on the carrier.

Sep 4 2023

Willie Maddox

NASA Contractor explains why the Space Shuttle smelled quite bad when ground crews got aboard after a flight to clean and unload

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / Space

NASA Contractor tells why the Space Shuttle smelled quite bad when ground crews got aboard after a flight to clean and unload

Sep 3 2023

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

First U-2 pilot recalls when the only U-2 pilot to fly over Moscow nearly died and crashed into Red Square after he almost bit his poison cyanide pill in half

Sep 2 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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Losses and Aviation Safety

[Video] That time a US Navy F-14 Tomcat shot down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II during a war game

Thanks to our partners

The story of the P-47 that safely RTB after it had a wing sheared off against a chimney during a strafing run and its tail damaged by Spitfires that mistook it for a German fighter

Footage shows crash of Russian Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft at 1973 Paris Air Show

Here’s how a British Airways Boeing 747 that lost all four engines due to volcanic ash was able to land safely

SR-71 crew chief explains why the Blackbird never stopped to leak fuel and why SR-71s on public display are still weeping JP-7 today

Supersonic Victor! The story of the RAF strategic bomber that dived out of control from 46,000 to 16,000 feet in 20 seconds

The story of Alan E. Magee, the B-17 belly gunner who survived a 20,000-foot fall without parachute from his damaged Flying Fortress

Is the F-15 perfect combat record of over 100 victories and zero defeats true? The Rumours of the Eagle Jet Fighters Shot Down in Air-to-Air Combat

USMC AH-1W and UH-1Y crews who were able to take off during the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion recall providing CAS to the airfield defenders

ANG F-16 pilots who were tasked to ram United Airlines Flight 93 recall being ready to Sacrifice their Lives on 9/11

B-52 pilot recalls when he and his crew had to eject after their BUFF was shot down by a USAF F-100 Super Sabre

The Totskoye Nuclear Exercise, the deadliest military exercise in history where Soviets dropped an atomic bomb on their own soldiers

Boeing 757 pilot recalls when he and his captain did an unrestricted climb to 10,000 feet (with no passengers aboard)

F-8 Pilot recalls how a good brief by his Flight Lead saved his bacon during a night carrier landing with his Crusader radio not working

The crews never saw the ship once! USS Midway Sailor recalls when during a typhoon 35 planes (a mix of F-4s, A-6s and A-7s) successfully landed at night on the carrier.

NASA Contractor tells why the Space Shuttle smelled quite bad when ground crews got aboard after a flight to clean and unload

First U-2 pilot recalls when the only U-2 pilot to fly over Moscow nearly died and crashed into Red Square after he almost bit his poison cyanide pill in half

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