Operation Desert Storm

The nostalgic, cool video in this post reminds us that the A-6 Intruder was a no-nonsense, payload carrying, bomb droppin’, ass…

On his 30th mission in Desert Storm, enemy forces shot down Lt. Col. Rob “Sweetness” Sweet’s A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft,…

IrAF MiG-25s were involved in Operation Samurrá, the IrAF’s last attempt at engaging the American F-15Cs. By Jan. 28, 1991 some…

The photos are of 2 different aircraft, but there might have been as many as 4 aircraft painted up like these…

“There was AAA everywhere, and I could see these big white puffs and red ropes getting closer and closer. They were…

No one in uniform likes war, but as he pulled off and looked back at eight tanks burning and exploding, ammunition…

Stenciled on the tails of VF-1’s Wichita 103 were the words “El Coyote”. This Tomcat scored the first recorded air-to-air kill…

Code named Operation Senior Surprise, aka Secret Squirrel, this 35 hour mission was the first combat use of the Conventional Air…

“I thought about my family a lot. I felt that if I was reduced to counting the bricks in the cell,…

“I had a moment of panic there. But, hey! the A-10s have those huge cannons. They opened up with their 30-mike-mike.…