“I had at least two SAMs with my name on them! I was executing a full-up SAM defense when I thought,…
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Operation Allied Force
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Military Aviation
A quick look at ‘non-traditional targets’ hit by B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers during Operation Allied Force
by Dario LeoneB-2 Spirits have fired the first shots of Operation Allied Force over Kosovo and Serbia where they would not just go…
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MiG KillersMilitary Aviation
The Story of the ‘wrong’ MiG-29 Kill Markings applied to USAF F-15C Jets after Operation Allied Force
by Dario LeoneThe three 493rd FS “Grim Reaper” pilots that shot down the Fulcrums were Lt Col Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez, Capt Mike “Dozer”…
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Aviation HistoryLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
An In-Depth Analysis of how Serbs Were Able to Shoot Down An F-117 Stealth Fighter during Operation Allied Force
by Dario Leone‘How were the Serbs able to shoot down an F-117 stealth aircraft? Through a combination of Complacency, Strategy and Luck,’ Chris Morehouse, Aerospace Engineer at U.S.…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
The Night USAF B-2A Spirits Bombed Chinese Embassy in Belgrade
by Dario LeoneOne of the targets hit by the B-2 resulted in OAF’s biggest diplomatic faux pas when, on May 7, 1999 the…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
That Time Russia said a Serbian MiG-29 Shot Down an F-117 Stealth Fighter
by Dario Leone‘I felt as pleased as an Indian who had just taken a scalp, or even more,’ Lt.-Col. Gvozden Djukic, Federal Republic…
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MiG KillersMilitary Aviation
F-15 Vs MiG-29: the 493rd FS MiG Kills scored during Operation Allied Force
by Dario LeoneThe 493rd FS would claim four Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Air Force MiG-29s destroyed during the brief campaign. Operation Allied Force…
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Approximately 100 containers with a variety of munitions rolled into Ramstein during the month of October The 86th Munitions Squadron (MUNS)…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
THAT TIME A RAF E-3D SENTRY AWACS AIRCRAFT WAS NEARLY SHOT DOWN BY A SERBIAN MiG-29
by Dario LeoneOn May 4, 1999 one of the RAF E-3D aircraft flown by a No. 23 Squadron crew was targeted by a…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
REMEMBERING THE “BLACK JET” FINALE: 10 YEARS AGO USAF BEGAN THE RETIREMENT OF THE F-117 NIGHTHAWK
by Dario LeoneHailed as the world’s first aircraft to use stealth technology, the F-117 continues to awe, inspire and confound anyone who sees…
