‘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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Operation Desert Storm
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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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Military Aviation
USMC F/A-18D Hornet Pilot Tells the Story of a Tense ATARS Mission aimed to Find a Missing IrAF MiG-25 Foxbat few days before the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom
by Dario Leone“The target area was extremely quiet — almost too quiet for a suspected landing site of a valuable MiG-25 fighter. We…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The NRA-3B Snoopy, the Skywarrior deployment during Operation Desert Storm and the last Days of the Whale
by Dario LeoneThe inherent versatility of the A-3 Skywarrior airframe led to it being used for many years as a developmental aircraft, working…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Former KC-135 Pilot tells the story of When his Stratotanker Refuelled the Tomcat Crewed by Famous F-14 RIO
by Dario Leone‘“Where are you Hey Joe?” ‘“On your nose for three miles.” ‘Peering up through the eyebrow windows, two Tomcats roll inverted…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The Unknown Story of the F-117 that was Shot At by Syrian AAA during Operation Desert Storm
by Dario Leone`We avoided flying over or close to the Syrian border for the remainder of the war, although some routes from Kuwait…
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Military Aviation
First Final Flight for Compass Call: USAF Retires its first Specially Modified EC-130H Aircraft
On Mar. 19, 1982, the first specially modified EC-130H “Compass Call” aircraft, tail number 1587, arrived at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
The Incredible Story of the KC-135 Flight that Flew Close to Iraq to Refuel F-4G Wild Weasels the First Night of Operation Desert Storm
by Dario Leone‘It took courage to continue well past our refueling end point and fly closer to Iraq with CHOCTAW calling bandits airborne…
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Military Aviation
Tallil Strikes, Bridge-Busters and other Memorable F-117 Missions flown during Operation Desert Storm
by Dario Leone“On my next pass, I aimed my remaining bomb at the intact portion of my original target. I tried to make…
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