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Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
[Updated] USAF avionics technician explains why the B-52 ailerons are bolted down, why they can’t be used and how you fly the Mighty BUFF without them
Civil Aviation / Losses and Aviation Safety
United Airlines Boeing 757 Pilot Recalls Challenging Landing Test for New Pilot
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Watch this video of a B-52H Stratofortress destroying the landing lights at RAF Fairford whilst performing a crab walk demo during RIAT 2023
F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
During Operation Desert Storm the F-14s RHAW gear went crazy because of the EA-6B ALQ-99 jamming pods emissions
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Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
A-10 Pilot explains why although you can fire the GAU-8A Avenger gun while the Warthog is inverted you’d better not do it
Airshows / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets that collided at RAF Fairford 30 years ago during IAT ‘93
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
This video of a B-52 taking off in heavy crosswinds shows why it wouldn’t take much to tip over a BUFF if it didn’t have outrigger wheels
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
USAF C-17 aircrew tests New Chemical Warfare Gear specifically tailored for aircrew aboard aircraft that don’t feature ejection seats
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-105 pilot explains how the SAC bomber philosophy imposed to Thud crews contributed to the F-105’s high loss rate over Vietnam
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of the Bronco pilot that died after ditching his OV-10 to save his observer who couldn’t eject because his parachute was shredded by the explosion of a North Vietnamese SA-7
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety
USAF Phantom II pilot tells the story of when he belly landed his stricken F-4D without his backseater
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of when USAF replaced the debris of a crashed F-117 with those of a crashed F-101 Voodoo to keep the Nighthawk Secret
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
That time a Marine mechanic stole an A-4M Skyhawk attack aircraft for a joyride
Airshows / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Video shows last flying C-123 Provider almost crashing while landing in heavy Crosswinds at Geneseo Airshow
Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The Marine guard that inadvertently jettisoned the canopy from a parked F-14 to sit in the Tomcat cockpit. The missiles aboard (1 AIM-54, 1 AIM-7 and 1 AIM-9) did not have the pins but were not damaged.
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Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
Aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln suffers electrical fire in port at NAS North Island. No injuries reported.
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
