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USAF F-15 female pilot recalls when instead of ejecting she stayed aboard her Eagle after it suffered an inflight fire. She landed safely.

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

USAF F-15 female pilot recalls when instead of ejecting she stayed aboard her Eagle after it suffered an inflight fire. She landed safely.

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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Former T-39A Pilot tells the story of when a Saudi Prince arrived in the US to buy F-15s pulled out a Roll of $1,000 Bills and asked him how many he needed to pay for the Sabreliner Fuel

Dario Leone

USAF proved that an F-15 and an F-16, both equipped with the Legion Pod, can use the pod’s IRST21 infrared sensor to passively triangulate target position

Military Aviation / Weapons

USAF proved that an F-15 and an F-16, both equipped with the Legion Pod, can use the pod’s IRST21 infrared sensor to passively triangulate target position

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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Maintenance Personnel tell the story behind the photo that shows a USAF F-15 badly damaged after being Hit by an AIM-9 fired by another USAF F-15

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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Here’s why if Israel Picked the F-14 over the F-15, the Tomcat would (probably) still be in service with the US Navy

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“We’re fixing A-10 Warthogs to keep them as long as we can,” President Trump told airmen in South Korea

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

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Boeing rolls out F-15QA Ababil fighter bomber for Qatar Emiri Air Force

Military Aviation

Boeing rolls out F-15QA Ababil fighter bomber for Qatar Emiri Air Force

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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Here’s why the F-14 Tomcat was a true multirole fighter (and not just a fleet defense interceptor)

Dario Leone

USAF used the EPAWSS on the F-15 to allow the F-35A to approach closer to the enemy during exercise Northern Edge

Military Aviation

USAF used the EPAWSS on the F-15 to allow the F-35A to approach closer to the enemy during exercise Northern Edge

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NASA F-15 and F-18 Test System for Aircraft Positioning in Supersonic Flight to measure the shockwaves produced by the X-59 QueSST

Military Aviation

NASA F-15 and F-18 Test System for Aircraft Positioning in Supersonic Flight to measure the shockwaves produced by the X-59 QueSST

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Military Aviation

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Aviation History / Military Aviation

Chuck Yeager, first man to break the sound barrier portrayed in “The Right Stuff” movie dies at 97

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Boeing Secures More Than $800M in Qatar Emiri Air Force F-15QA aircraft Training and Support Contracts

Military Aviation

Boeing Secures More Than $800M in Qatar Emiri Air Force F-15QA aircraft Training and Support Contracts

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F-15 Eagle driver hits 3,000 flight hours milestone

Military Aviation

F-15 Eagle driver hits 3,000 flight hours milestone

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Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Of Floggers and Foxbats: the story of Syrian MiG-23s and MiG-25s, the fighter jets that were never able to match Israeli F-15s

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Captain Marvel Movie pays tribute to Fallen Thunderbird, Air Force Heritage, and Aviation History

Military Aviation

Captain Marvel Movie pays tribute to Fallen Thunderbird, Air Force Heritage, and Aviation History

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Pentagon cuts F-35 purchase by 6 aircraft in FY 2020

Military Aviation

Pentagon cuts F-35 purchase by 6 aircraft in FY 2020

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