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Aviation History / Military Aviation

The story of the Japanese Naval Aviator who became the only Axis Pilot to bomb US Mainland during World War II

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

Legendary “Sled Driver” Brian Shul tells the story behind his famed SR-71 Blackbird Ground Speed Check

Sep 9 2023

Dario Leone

Military Aviation

First Slovak Viper unveiled: the Slovak Air Force will be the first European country to receive the F-16 Block 70, the most capable version of the Fighting Falcon

Sep 8 2023

Jaroslav Cabuk

Military Aviation

When the US tried to buy three Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers to convert them as launch platforms for Pegasus Space Launch Vehicle

Sep 8 2023

Dario Leone

Vietnam War AH-1 pilot who lifted four US Army soldiers clinging to the Cobra’s skids and rocket pods out of harm’s way received the Medal of Honor

Sep 7 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Military Aviation

The story of when a RAF Sunderland and a German U-boat destroyed each other

Sep 7 2023

Dario Leone

US Navy selects Commercial Dismantlement plan to dismantle and dispose USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

Sep 6 2023

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Did you know the defection of Viktor Belenko inspired Clint Eastwood’s Firefox?

Sep 6 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

F-15EX Eagle II concludes Integrated Test & Evaluation Phase 1 with successful deployment of three JASSMs

Sep 5 2023

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

These photos of Viktor Belenko’s defecting MiG-25 buzzing Hakodate rooftops prove that reaching Japan was easy but landing the Foxbat was difficult. Here’s why.

Sep 4 2023

Dario Leone

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

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot recalls when he accelerated his Blackbird to Mach 3.2 and denied an F-15 pilot an “easy,” simulated kill against its Habu during a training sortie

Sep 3 2023

Dario Leone

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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The story of the Japanese Naval Aviator who became the only Axis Pilot to bomb US Mainland during World War II

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

Legendary “Sled Driver” Brian Shul tells the story behind his famed SR-71 Blackbird Ground Speed Check

First Slovak Viper unveiled: the Slovak Air Force will be the first European country to receive the F-16 Block 70, the most capable version of the Fighting Falcon

When the US tried to buy three Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers to convert them as launch platforms for Pegasus Space Launch Vehicle

Vietnam War AH-1 pilot who lifted four US Army soldiers clinging to the Cobra’s skids and rocket pods out of harm’s way received the Medal of Honor

The story of when a RAF Sunderland and a German U-boat destroyed each other

US Navy selects Commercial Dismantlement plan to dismantle and dispose USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

Did you know the defection of Viktor Belenko inspired Clint Eastwood’s Firefox?

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

F-15EX Eagle II concludes Integrated Test & Evaluation Phase 1 with successful deployment of three JASSMs

These photos of Viktor Belenko’s defecting MiG-25 buzzing Hakodate rooftops prove that reaching Japan was easy but landing the Foxbat was difficult. Here’s why.

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.

SR-71 pilot recalls when he accelerated his Blackbird to Mach 3.2 and denied an F-15 pilot an “easy,” simulated kill against its Habu during a training sortie

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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