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Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation
The dogfight where an F-8 fired an AIM-9 to a MiG-17 but the Sidewinder tracked a Crusader and ended up destroying another AIM-9
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Weapons
The AIM-9 Sidewinder that Failed to Detonate, Got Embedded in a MiG-17 and was Reverse-Engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Weapons
US Navy F-4 pilot recalls AIM-9 Sidewinder missile launch where he shot down a QF-4 drone
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-14 RIO recalls Challenging Long-range Practice Strike where his Tomcat flew with an overlooked protective cap on one AIM-9 Sidewinder
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Cold War Era / Helicopters / Military Aviation
When a Seasprite helicopter destroyed moving surface targets by means of Sparrow and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation / Weapons
The F-14 Missile Shoot Test where an AIM-54 and an AIM-9 both without live warhead scored two kinetic energy kills
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
RAF Jaguar pilot recalls when his wingman launched an AIM-9 instead of a 1000-lb bomb against Iraqi Army Barracks the first day of Operation Granby
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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
US Navy F-4 RIO recalls when his Phantom II was mistakenly shot down by a US Navy F-4 (flown by a USAF exchange pilot)
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-8 pilot tells why while RTBing with his Crusader extremely low on fuel after a mock dogfight, on his last day in the Navy, his Biggest Concern was his CO
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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Tomcat RIO recalls Challenging Long-range Practice Strike where his F-14 flew with an overlooked protective cap on one AIM-9 Sidewinder
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Aviation History / MiG Killers / Military Aviation
The story of when USAF F-16 fighter jets shot down Five (not four) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia J-21 Jastrebs during Operation Deny Flight
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation
USMC A-4 pilot recalls when a USAF F-15 pilot refused to fly a “not all aspect Sidewinder” mock air engagement against his Skyhawk
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
RAF Jaguar pilot recalls when he was shot down by a RAF Phantom interceptor
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-14 pilot recalls when he nearly fired an AIM-7 Sparrow against a Boeing 727 on intercept vector to the RC-135 his Tomcat was escorting
![[Video] When a US Navy F-14 Tomcat Shot Down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II](https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/F-14-RF-4C-600x399.jpg)
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
[Video] That time a US Navy F-14 Tomcat shot down a USAF RF-4C Phantom II during a war game
Military Aviation / Weapons
Here’s why this F-22A Raptor fired an AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile while inverted
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