Holloman had just received the new F-15A Eagle and didn’t know how to use them yet, thus, the old hats in…
Dissimilar Air Combat Training
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Impressive Video Shows A-10 BRRRRTTTTing F-16 Multiple Times During Mock Dogfight
by Dario LeoneConventional wisdom says slow attack jets like the A-10 Warthog can’t dogfight. Watch and learn. F-16 Vs A-10, Sidewinder Vs Gun.…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Starfighter 4 Eagle 0: that time two F-104s scored four simulated kills against an F-15B in a single training mission
by Dario LeoneThe debriefing was a hoot. I especially liked the part where the Eagle guy played his recorder and we heard the…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
HERE’S WHY COLD WAR USAF F-15C EAGLE DRIVERS LOVED RCAF CF-18’S FAKE CANOPY
by Dario Leone“Some Eagle pilots mockingly suggested we should paint our aircraft like submarines: ‘Just think: That brief hesitation as he thinks What’s…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
THE STORY OF THE A-4 SCOOTER, THE LIGHT ATTACK PLANE THAT BECAME THE PERFECT ADVERSARY AIRCRAFT
by Dario LeoneBecause of its air-to-air prowess the A-4 was soon nicknamed Mongoose, and provided to most fighter pilots the experience necessary to…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
THAT TIME AN ISRAELI AIR FORCE F-15 BAZ LANDED WITH ONE WING MISSING
by Dario LeoneThe F-15 Baz No. 957 would eventually be repaired and after having scored three air-to-air victories during the 1982 Lebanon War,…
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Even if until today a real F-14 Tomcat Vs F-15 Eagle engagement with live weapons fired has never taken place, since…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
VFC-111 SUNDOWNERS F-5N TIGER II CRASHES OFF THE COAST OF KEY WEST
by Dario LeoneAccording to the U.S. Navy the circumstances around the F-5N crash are now under investigation As reported by USNI News on…
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Military Aviation
LOOK MA, A MiG-28! OH, NO WAIT. IT’S A VFC-13 FIGHTING SAINTS F-5 TIGER!
by Dario LeoneFighting Saints’ F-5 Tiger IIs, are all painted in a variety of colorful paint schemes of blue, gray, brown and even…