“When United States and coalition forces invaded Iraq in 2003 [during Operation Iraqi Freedom], they faced no Iraqi Air Force opposition.…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
Medal of Honor sought for A-10 pilot who was shot down and killed in his Hog during Operation Desert Storm while trying to save his wingman who was also shot down by the Iraqis
by Dario LeoneF-15 pilot and Chief of Staff of the Florida Air National Guard, Brigadier Gen. Jim Demarest, is starting a campaign to…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Intercepting Iraqi MiG-25s, flying DACT against USMC F/A-18s and flying training sorties with live weapons: how RAF Tornado F3 crews prepared for Operation Desert Storm
by Dario Leone‘Some sorties included highly dynamic dissimilar air combat exercises against the US Marine Corps F/A 18, as it had a similar…
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Military Aviation
A-10 pilot who destroyed 23 Iraqi tanks in one day during Operation Desert Storm is about to clock 7,000 hours on the mighty Warthog
by Dario LeoneLt. Col. John “Karl” Marks is just 100 hours shy of reaching 7,000 hours in the A-10 Warthog cockpit, securely holding…
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Aviation HistoryMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
BRRRRRRTTTTTT!!!! HOW USAF A-10 TANK BUSTERS SHOT DOWN TWO IRAQI HELICOPTERS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM
by Dario Leone“I put another 100 rounds down, and the helicopter jinked right into the last burst; the helicopter looked like it had…
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Aviation HistoryLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
AC-130J Ghostrider flyby commemorates 30th anniversary of the shot down of AC-130H Spirit 03, the largest single loss suffered by USAF in Operation Desert Storm
by Dario LeoneThe AC-130H crew were supporting US Marines during a battle in Khafji, Saudi Arabia. As the video in this post shows,…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
[Updated] Did you know that the last A-7 to make a barricade landing was buried at sea and strafed by other US Navy jets because it refused to sink?
by Dario LeoneOrdinarily, the aircraft would have been repaired, but as this was its last cruise A-7 BuNo 157478 was struck below to…
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Military Aviation
How two VMA-214 AV-8B Harrier pilots helped Marines to win the battle for Saddam Hussein’s Azimiyah Palace and Imam Abu Hanifah Mosque during OIF
by Dario Leone‘I kept thinking to myself, ‘Don’t fuck this up, centre the pipper, keep it slewed on the target,’ Maj Mark Butler,…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
B-52 Maintainer tells the story of ‘In HARM’s Way’, the BUFF that had its tail Blown Apart by an Anti-Radiation Missile fired by an F-4G Wild Weasel
by Dario Leone‘The aircraft (B-52G 58-0248, nicknamed In HARM’s Way) had the aft six to eight feet of its fuselage blown completely off…
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Helicopters
‘Did you know that CH-47 crew can land the Chinook on water, shut down, climb up on top for a photo, then get back in, start up and take off?’ CH-47 pilot lists 14 Amazing Facts about Chinook Helicopter
by Dario LeoneDavid M. Densford, Chinook pilot with 4,000 flt hrs and 24 years in the CH-47 models A thru F, lists 14…
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