Military Aviation
Hey Geeks! Here you can read all Military Aviation stories published on The Aviation Geek Club site.
Thanks to our partners
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Did you know Luftwaffe Bf 109 pilot Erich Hartmann did not fire until the enemy was as close as 66 feet? How the most successful fighter ace in aviation history scored Air-to-Air Kills.
Military Aviation
F-15 Eagle Vs F-16 Fighting Falcon Vs F/A-18 Hornet/Super Hornet: the Aircrews’ Perspective
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Final flight for Swiss Mirage IIIDS HB-RDF, the only privately-operated Mirage IIIDS in the world
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
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Here’s why the SR-71 inlets had to be labeled “L” and “R” and why the Blackbird had engine and afterburner fuel control cable pulleys
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Naval Flight Officer explains why the EA-6B Prowler had a “nuclear trefoil nose art”
Military Aviation / Naval Warfare / Weapons
B-52H drops inert JDAM QuickStrike Extended Range mines from a standoff distance of more than 40 miles advancing maritime capabilities in a contested environment
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
Military Aviation
USAF to convert F-15C Formal Training Unit at Kingsley Field into a third F-35A FTU, drops F-15EX schoolhouse project to replace Oregon National Guard Eagles
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
AirLand Battle, the F-16 Vs the A-10, the Aborted A-16 and the story of why the Viper’s CAS Variant failed to replace the Warthog
Sponsored by: Schiffer Military
Military Aviation
Museum of Aviation receives F-117A Nighthawk “Delta Dawn”
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
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
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
SR-71 pilot Brian Shul, famous for his ground speed check story, passed away while giving a speech about the Blackbird
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The Spitfire Mk.XIV (and not the P-51D) was the best piston-engined fighter of WWII in Europe even according to Adolf Galland. Here’s why.
Sponsored by: Mortons Books
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
