Seldom emphasized about the second Skyraider-MiG encounter of the Vietnam War is the probability that three MiGs were destroyed by Spads.…
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Aboard Midway, the Spad’s radio report was misunderstood as one of the Spads having been downed. Greathouse finally convinced the carrier…
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Aviation HistoryDronesMilitary Aviation
The story behind this incredible photo of a North Vietnamese MiG-21 flying extremely close to a Firebee drone (and other BQM-34 tales)
by Tom CooperThe deployment of BQM-34 Firebee reconnaissance drones during the Vietnam War (and over the PR China) would be worth a ‘book’…
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Aviation HistoryMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
THE UNKNOWN STORY OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL AMERICAN AERIAL VICTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR
by Dario LeoneEven if Chinese claimed the destruction of the F-4 immediately after the engagement it was not considered politically prudent to counterclaim…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Mixing with MiGs: the air engagements between unarmed USAF EB-66 EW aircraft and Chinese communist fighters during the Vietnam War
by Dario LeoneEarly EB-66 engagement with MiGs involved Chinese communist aircraft rather than the Vietnam People’s Air Force. The B-66 was developed from…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
Thud Vs Fresco: The Story of a Hair-Raising Dogfight Between USAF F-105s and North Vietnamese MiG-17s
by Dario LeoneCapt William ‘Gene’ Eskew ‘s F-105 was engulfed by fire as the MiG disintegrated in a violent explosion. Eskew’s head jerked…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary AviationWeapons
Jack in the Box! How an AIM-9 Sidewinder that failed to explode after embedding itself inside a Chinese MiG-17 was reverse-engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll
by Dario LeoneOne of two Sidewinders that failed to bring down its target had actually also scored a hit: however, it failed to…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
RB-47 pilot explains how his aircraft was able to survive to multiple MiG-17 attacks in the skies over Soviet Union
by Dario Leone‘The fourth MiG of this flight made a firing pass and made a lucky hit through the top of our left…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
Former Pakistan Air Force pilot decorated for having scored three (unconfirmed) kills against Israeli military aircraft during the Six-Day War passes away
by Tom CooperSaif ul-Azam claimed, and was credited with downing 3 Israeli jets in the June 1967 War. His claims remain ‘unclear’, though.…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
How an AIM-9 Sidewinder that Failed to Detonate and Got Embedded in a MiG-17 was Reverse-Engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll
by Tom CooperBecause the AA-2 was the primary weapon of the MiG-21, ‘Atoll’ became the first air-to-air missile in service with dozens of…
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