The Navy had developed a hand-held laser, which allowed the aircraft crew to pinpoint the target themselves, but the single-seater… Read More
On Ju. 4, 1986 21-year-old Lance Cpl. Howard Foote, a Marine mechanic at MCAS El Toro, stole an A-4M Skyhawk… Read More
‘I had a catastrophic turbine failure that buzz sawed the back end of my plane and turned the plane into… Read More
Dotan squeezed the trigger and fired a long burst into the jet's right wing root. The wing was quickly ripped… Read More
The story of a confused dogfight during the Vietnam War. After having shot down a North Vietnamese MiG-17 on May… Read More
‘While we were doing this search for airplanes, a couple of squadrons were coming back from Vietnam and were being… Read More
‘I will say this - and I know a lot of other Navy guys that would say the same thing… Read More
'This one pilot had made the Yuma run in a TA-4J on Friday, and was returning to Jacksonville on Sunday.… Read More
‘Yes, the A-4 Skyhawk was agile. However, it takes more than agility to make a good fighter,’ John Chesire, former… Read More
‘I was flying an F-4 Phantom when twisting my head back under a very high G-load, I apparently pinched a… Read More
The bid submitted for the JF-17 weapon system complies with all the requirements established by the Argentine Air Force. Details… Read More
The possibility was studied of replacing all of the remaining Argentine Air Force A-4Bs, A-4Cs, Mirage IIIs and Dagger/Fingers with… Read More
‘With the A-4 you don’t actually fly it as you wear it. It quickly and responsively becomes an extended part… Read More
May 25, 1982 saw the British Task force off the Falklands take some of its most serious losses to Argentinian… Read More
‘I told Yehoar to prepare to eject but when I lit the afterburners, the spin stopped and the nose came… Read More
‘All the warning lights were on, including the fire-warning light. The A-4 was on fire. There was smoke coming out… Read More
The Navy's F-4 and F-8 squadrons were the main `distributors of MiG parts' during the Vietnam War, but Lt Cdr… Read More
