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Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
US Navy F-14 Tomcat RIO tells the story of when he and his pilot intercepted a Concorde during Operation Desert Shield
Military Aviation
Clarence Alfred Gilyard Jr., aka LT.(JG) Marcus “Sundown” Williams who briefly served as Maverick’s RIO in Top Gun, passed away
F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
US Navy F-14 Pilot explains how he was able to Land his Tomcat Without Canopy after his Backseater erroneously Bailed Out
F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
From doing a flyby of the tower at over 400 knots to ejecting from an F-14: former Tomcat RIO answers your questions
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
American Fighter Aces Association Changes Policy to Include Back Seaters in its “Ace” Category
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F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-14 pilot tells the story of when he landed his crippled Tomcat with the wings swept back
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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
US Navy F-4 RIO tells the story of when his Phantom II was mistakenly shot down by another US Navy F-4 (flown by a USAF exchange pilot)
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
IRIAF F-14 Tomcat crashes near the central city of Isfahan. Both crew members eject safely.
Military Aviation
Top Gun: Maverick’s final trailer teases rivalry with Goose’s son Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of the F-4 Phantom II pilot that ejected, hit a large boulder and fell 20 feet down after his parachute deflated. He survived and flew in the US Navy for another ten years.
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
US Navy F-14 Pilots explain why a non-RIO must be trained ‘in doing several things’ to fly in the Tomcat back seat
F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-14A Tomcat Pilot tells the story of the real life Goose and explains how Nick Bradshaw could have survived the flat spin featured in Top Gun Movie
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Former US Naval Aviator explains why of all the aircraft he has flown the iconic F-4 Phantom is his favorite
Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation
The story of Roy ‘Outlaw’ Cash, the first US Navy RIO to re-train as a pilot who scored the first MiG kill for the F-4J and VF-33
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
Tomcat Supreme: The F-14’s AWG-9 was the most powerful radar in operational service on combat aircraft until the F-22 Raptor with the APG-77 entered service in 2005
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
