When working in Track-While-Scan mode, the AWG-9 emissions were difficult to identify for contemporary radar warning receivers, and thus warning of…
Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Launching the Phoenix and dogfighting against the F-15: Q & A with F-14 Tomcat RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek Part 2
by TAGCTeam“In a multi-aircraft engagement the Eagle’s relative strengths were reduced. When I fought F-15s, which was not often enough, we did…
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F-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Q&A with a former F-14 Tomcat RIO: Dave “Bio” Baranek answers your questions
by TAGCTeam“I have to wonder what a fully-funded, fully-developed Tomcat would be like (…looks dreamily into space). I’m certain it would’ve had…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Phantom Vs Tomcat: RIO who Flew Both the F-4 and the F-14 tells which one was the better fighter
by Dario Leone‘There was a lot to love about those two jets. But alas, technology moves on…,’ Thomas Foster, Former US Navy RIO (Radar…
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Military Aviation
Latest Top Gun: Maverick Trailer Suggests Iceman May Die in Sequel to 1986 Blockbuster
by Dario LeoneThere’s clearly a reason as to why Iceman has not been shown in the first two trailers for Top Gun: Maverick…
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Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from…
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F-14 TomcatLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
IRIAF F-14A Tomcat crashes, both crew members ejected safely
by Dario LeoneThe F-14A reported an emergency to air traffic control during its training flight. As reported by Scramble Facebook News Magazine, one…
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Former F-14 Tomcat RIO tells the story of a tense mission flown during Operation Iraqi Freedom
by Dario Leone“Our wingman F-14’ engine then stalled again, and in the ensuing melee I watched him cross-planform directly in front of the…
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His character Goose died in the first Top Gun, but that did not stop Anthony Edwards from lobbying for a chance…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
This U.S. Navy F-4 has been shot down by a U.S. Navy F-4 (flown by a USAF exchange pilot)
by Dave Svajda“At first I thought we had had a mid air, then I saw our airplane crashing into the water and I…
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