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Did you know the F-104 had not been the only “Widow Maker?” During the Cold War the MiG-19, MiG-21 and F-100 had high accident rates too. Here’s why.

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Did you know the F-104 had not been the only “Widow Maker?” During the Cold War the MiG-19, MiG-21 and F-100 had high accident rates too

Dario Leone

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Project Featherduster: the exercise that proved the F-104 could have been a better MiG killer than the F-4C, F-105D and F-100D

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Project Featherduster: the exercise that proved the F-104 could have been a better MiG killer than the F-4C, F-105D and F-100D

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

Soviet MiG-19 pilot recalls the mission where he shot down a USAF RB-66 that strayed into East German airspace

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Soviet MiG-19 pilot recalls the mission where he shot down a USAF RB-66 that strayed into East German airspace

Dario Leone

The story of the Soviet MiG-19 pilot shot down and killed by Soviet SAMs while he was trying to intercept the already destroyed Francis Gary Powers’ U-2

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of the Soviet MiG-19 pilot shot down and killed by Soviet SAMs while he was trying to intercept the already destroyed Francis Gary Powers’ U-2

Dario Leone

F-104 Vs MiG-19: the story of the only air-to-air shoot-down of a Starfighter during the Vietnam War

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

F-104C Vs MiG-19: the story of the only air-to-air shoot-down of a Starfighter during the Vietnam War

Dario Leone

The unknown story of U-2 flight that went lost over the North Pole and nearly escalated the Cuban Missile Crisis

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The unknown story of the U-2 flight that went lost over the North Pole and nearly escalated the Cuban Missile Crisis

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How a USAF F-4E flying at Mach 1.2 gun killed a North Vietnamese MiG-19 scoring the world’s only supersonic gun kill

Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

How a USAF F-4E flying at Mach 1.2 gun killed a North Vietnamese MiG-19 scoring the world’s only supersonic gun kill

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RB-47H shot down: when a Soviet MiG-19 downed a USAF Elint plane over the Barents Sea

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

RB-47H down: when a Soviet MiG-19 downed a USAF Elint plane over the Barents Sea

Dario Leone

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