The sad story of Tanker 130, the C-130 whose wings fall off during the 2002 fire season
In 2002, a C-130, call sign Tanker 130 owned by Hawkins & Powers Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming and operated under contract to the United States…
In 2002, a C-130, call sign Tanker 130 owned by Hawkins & Powers Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming and operated under contract to the United States…
The A-12 Oxcart was a super-secret, single-seater spy plane and was more secret and much rarer than the SR-71. In fact, the…
“During early flight testing at Area 51 with the A-12s, Jim Eastham told me that A-12 #128 flew as fast as…
On Oct. 7, 1959 an S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile was fired by China’s People’s Liberation Army 2nd surface-to-air missile battalion and…
“Especially in light of the U-2 that was shot down over Cuba in 1962, I understood my father’s frustration. All of…
During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, nineteen SA-2 missile sites were constructed on the island supported by P-14 “Tall King” radars.…
“I learned later that the Soviets launched at least five fighters to intercept my flight. Two planes took off initially. The…
The AN-2 pilot was forced to reduce the speed and Woods fired an AK-47 rifle from his UH-1D at the cockpit…
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