“I launched two heat seeking missiles from a distance of 2 kilometers. Big flames were visible around the second B-52 when…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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MiG-21 Fishbed
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
The story of Roy ‘Outlaw’ Cash, the first US Navy RIO to re-train as a pilot who scored the first MiG kill for the F-4J and VF-33
by Dario LeoneThe MiG kill scored by Cash was the last of Rolling Thunder and the first by an East Coast (Atlantic Fleet)…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Yugoslavia chose the MiG-21 over the Mirage III but the conversion to the Fishbed was plagued by problems
A study by the RV i PVO concluded that, `MiG-pilots are not capable of interceptor-operations at speeds above Mach 1.3.’ During…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
How Iraq opposition to the US policy in Vietnam made the Iraqi Air Force the second-largest operator of MiG-21s in the Middle East
by Dario LeoneNot only did the MiG-21 proved to be easy to maintain, but the Soviets were quick to deliver. Originally ordered in…
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Aviation HumorCold War EraMilitary Aviation
CF-121 Redhawk Program: The True Story Behind Canada’s Purchase of 30 Soviet Built MiG-21 Fishbed Fighters
by Dario LeoneVariously referred to by American media as “The Stab in the Back-yard”, “The Fishbed Flap” “The Redhawk Incident” or more ominously…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The story of the Israeli Mirage that shot down an Israeli F-4E Phantom II during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War
by Dario Leone‘While one of the Mirages from No. 144 Squadron, IAF shot down the F-4E with the call-sign Buffet 2, another went…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
[Video] Israeli Fighter Pilot explains how he became the first F-15 Driver to score a MiG Kill
by Dario LeoneSpotting the two MiG-21s first, Moshe Melnik became the section leader and turned towards them, launching a Python 3 AAM as…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Unknown Role Played by the F-104 Starfighter During Operation Bolo
by Dario LeoneThe F-104s were therefore given CAP role, although their radar cross section was actually more like that of a Thunderchief, and…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Between the MiG-21PF and the MiG-21PFM: the Story of the MiG-21PFS, the Weird Fishbed Variant
by Tom CooperBetween Jun. 12 and 30 1967, the USSR delivered exactly 65 such MiG-21PFS aircraft to Egypt as replacements for losses from…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
How a VMFA-333 F-4 Phantom II scored the only USMC Mig Kill of the Vietnam War
by Dario Leone‘The growl of the Sidewinder tone was loud enough to drive you from the cockpit, and it really did a job…
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