Soviets had no mentality of ‘serving the customer’: they stuffed Arab air forces full of Su-7BMKs armed with R-3 rockets that…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part One: from Palestine War to Suez Crisis
by Tom CooperThis legend goes so far that even the Russians began convincing themselves of it. Unsurprisingly, some of their ultra-nationalists couldn’t stop…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
That Time and F-4 Phantom II “Protected” an SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 Spy Plane from a Meteor Attack
by Dario Leone‘This rock is going God only knows how fast and is fifty miles straight up. If I can’t shoot down a…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The Unknown Story of the Syrian MiG-21 Pilot who Developed the Cobra Manoeuvre: i.e. Pugachev Wasn’t the First to Perform the Cobra
by Tom CooperWhen Pugachev Cobra was flown by Soviet test-pilots for the first time, nobody cared any more about who has originally developed…
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MiG KillersMilitary Aviation
F/A-18C Hornets that shot down Iraqi MiG-21s during ODS are now part of National Naval Aviation Museum collection
by Dario LeoneFlown by LCDR Mark “MRT” Fox and LT Nick “Mongo” Mongillo on Jan. 17, 1991, each of these F/A-18C Hornets shot…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
The unknown story of the Israeli F-4s that dogfighted with North Korean MiG-21s during the Yom Kippur War
by Dario Leone“Seconds later we saw them, two MiGs. Crossover and the two of us engaged them. One MiG disappeared the other MiG…
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“Our jets used clouds to hide from Pakistani Radar during Balakot airstrikes,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
by Dario LeoneDivya Spandana, social media director for India’s main opposition party, the Congress Party, mocked Modi, tweeting that the ability to use radar to detect…
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“JF-17 Thunder used to shoot down Indian MiG-21, but F-16s were around too,” Pakistani Spokesperson Says
by Dario Leone“As regard to how to use F-16, in what context [they] were used or not now it remains between Pakistan and…
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Lack of hardened aircraft shelters for Su-30s forced India to respond to PAF intrusion with MiG-21s first
by Dario Leone“Owing to the bureaucratic delays, we could not develop blast pens for Su-30 MKIs near the LoC,” anonymous Indian Defence source.…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes after bird strike
by Dario LeoneAccording to Indian Air Force the pilot ejected safely. An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21 crashed in in Rajasthan’s Bikaner sector…
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