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F-14 Pilot explains how he was able to land his Tomcat after the radome came off during and ACM engagement, at a speed of 600 knots, at an altitude of 28,000 feet
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-14 Pilot explains how he was able to land his Tomcat aboard USS Eisenhower after the radome came off during and ACM engagement, at a speed of 600 knots, at an altitude of 28,000 feet
Here’s why the EA-6B Prowler had a "nuclear trefoil nose art”
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Naval Flight Officer explains why the EA-6B Prowler had a “nuclear trefoil nose art”
US Navy A-4 pilot recalls when he had to eject after a catastrophic turbine failure turned his Skyhawk into a Fireball while he was flying at 500 knots during a low-level mission
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
US Navy A-4 pilot recalls when he had to eject after a catastrophic turbine failure turned his Skyhawk into a Fireball while he was flying at 500 knots during a low-level mission
USAF pilot recalls the night’s mission where the terrain-following radar of several F-111 attack aircraft failed to work
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
FB-111 Pilot recalls when flying at Mach 1.2 at 200 feet during a Red Flag exercise he blew out the windows and a door of a Winnebago type RV that got lost into a restricted area
Naval Flight Officer explains why even though the port inboard stabilizer on the E-2 / C-2 doesn’t have a movable rudder both aircraft have four stabilizers instead of three
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Naval Flight Officer explains why even though the port inboard stabilizer on the E-2 / C-2 doesn’t have a movable rudder both aircraft have four stabilizers instead of three
The Flying Fortress Designer Error: 400 early B-17s crashed on landing because the controls for the Wing Flaps and Landing Gear looked the same And were positioned close to each other.
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The Flying Fortress Designer Error: 400 early B-17s crashed on landing because the controls for the Wing Flaps and Landing Gear looked the same And were positioned close to each other.
F-15D Eagle Skids Off the Runway into Canal at Kingsley Field, pilot exits the aircraft safely
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-15D Eagle Skids Off the Runway into Canal at Kingsley Field, pilot exits the aircraft safely
The story of Owen J. Baggett, the B-24 Copilot who shot down a Japanese Zero with his Colt .45 while hanging from his open parachute after he bailed out from his stricken Liberator
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of Owen J. Baggett, the B-24 Copilot who shot down a Japanese Zero with his Colt .45 while hanging from his open parachute after he bailed out from his stricken Liberator
Naval Aviator explains what would have happened in real life to Maverick after having broken the hard deck and buzzed the tower in full AB on the first day of his Top Gun training
F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Navy Pilot explains what would have happened in real life to Maverick after having buzzed the tower in full AB and broken the hard deck on the first day of his Top Gun training
F-4 WSO tells the story of when his pilot fell asleep during a ferry flight of four Phantom IIs from Kadena AB to Clark AB and their F-4 drifted out of formation
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-4 WSO tells the story of when his pilot fell asleep during a ferry flight of four Phantom IIs from Kadena AB to Clark AB and their F-4 drifted out of formation
F-22 Raptor that belly landed at NAS Fallon in 2018 is back flying again after 5-years of restoration
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-22 Raptor that belly landed at NAS Fallon in 2018 is back flying again after 5-years of restoration
SR-71 pilot tells the story of when a KC-135Q crew flew through a thunderstorm with their tanker’s throttles frozen to refuel its Blackbird
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Habu Pilot reveals why the Blackbird had to refuel after takeoff (it’s not because the SR-71 leaked fuel)
Naval Flight Officer explains why the US Navy can’t “mothball” aircraft carriers instead of scrapping them
Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
Naval Flight Officer explains why the US Navy can’t “mothball” aircraft carriers instead of scrapping them
The story of the EA-6B Prowler pilot who turned in his wings after a scary Carrier Flight Deck Landing in Rough Seas
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
USS Constellation Main Propulsion Assistant tells the story of the EA-6B Prowler pilot who turned in his wings after a scary Carrier Flight Deck Landing in Rough Seas
US Reveals that a Russian SA-22 Pantsir surface-to-air missile damaged MQ-9 Drone over Syria
Drones / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
US Reveals that a Russian SA-22 Pantsir surface-to-air missile damaged MQ-9 Drone over Syria
US Naval Aviator who flew both the F-4 and F-14 tells about the negative and positive attributes of the Phantom II and Tomcat during Carrier Landing
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
US Naval Aviator who flew both the F-4 and F-14 tells about the negative and positive attributes of the Phantom II and Tomcat during Carrier Landing
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