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SR-71 RSO tells the story behind this video of a Blackbird creating ’13 Fireballs’ during Air Fete Air Show 1986 at RAF Mildenhall

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 crew members tell the story of when a Blackbird did ’13 Fireballs’ during an air show and explain why Triethylborane was used to ignite JP-7 for engine start and to light the afterburner section

Linda Sheffield Miller

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SR-71 pilots explain why flying the Blackbird with just one engine in full afterburner was SR-71 aircrews’ most dangerous operation

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Blackbird pilots explain why flying the SR-71 with just one engine in full afterburner was Blackbird aircrews’ most dangerous operation

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 RSO tells the story behind this video of a Blackbird creating ’13 Fireballs’ during Air Fete Air Show 1986 at RAF Mildenhall

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Did you know the SR-71 crew set off controlled explosions using Triethylborane (the most dangerous material after fissionable nuclear material) to start the Blackbird engines?

Linda Sheffield Miller

USAF Special Operations CV-22 Osprey stuck in the nature reserve on a Norwegian island has been lifted out

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

USAF Special Operations CV-22 Osprey stuck in the nature reserve on a Norwegian island has been lifted out

Dario Leone

A USAF Special Operations CV-22 Osprey is stuck in the nature reserve on a Norwegian island since it made an emergency landing there in August

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

A USAF Special Operations CV-22 Osprey is stuck in the nature reserve on a Norwegian island since it made an emergency landing there in August

Dario Leone

The list of the fastest and the highest known flights ever recorded by the Lockheed Blackbird family

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Blackbird pilot tells the story of when he and his RSO flew a 11.13 hours mission involving 6 refuelings and more than five hours above Mach 3.0 during the Yom Kippur War

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 pilots explain why flying the Blackbird with just one engine in full afterburner was SR-71 aircrews’ most dangerous operation

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 pilots explain why flying the Blackbird with just one engine in full afterburner was SR-71 aircrews’ most dangerous operation

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 RSO tells the story behind this video of a Blackbird creating ’13 Fireballs’ during Air Fete Air Show 1986 at RAF Mildenhall

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 RSO tells the story behind this video of a Blackbird creating ’13 Fireballs’ during Air Fete Air Show 1986 at RAF Mildenhall

Linda Sheffield Miller

The secret life of SR-71 #755: the first Blackbird to use the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System to photograph Soviet Submarines

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The secret life of SR-71 #955: the first Blackbird to use the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System to photograph Soviet Submarines

Linda Sheffield Miller

From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight

Dario Leone

USAF CV-22 Osprey’s downwash blows away rubber matting of hospital’s landing pad

Military Aviation

USAF CV-22 Osprey’s downwash blows away rubber matting of hospital’s landing pad

Dario Leone

USAF KC-135 Stratotankers elephant walk and mass launch at RAF Mildenhall under heavy rain

Military Aviation

USAF KC-135 Stratotankers elephant walk and mass launch at RAF Mildenhall under heavy rain

Dario Leone

You have to watch this video of a CV-22 Osprey generating propeller vortices and bowing to salute photographers while making off-base landings

Military Aviation

You have to watch this video of a CV-22 Osprey generating propeller vortices and bowing to salute photographers while making off-base landings

Dario Leone

The Story of the Crippled SR-71 Blackbird that Overflew Hanoi at Just Mach 1.1, at Just 41,000ft. And Got Away Safely.

Airshows / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The Story Behind the Unique Photo of the SR-71 Blackbird Creating ‘Fireballs’ during Air Fete Air Show 1986 at RAF Mildenhall

Dario Leone

Here are the Unique Challenges faced by McGuire squadron to transport U-2 Chase Cars over the Altantic

Military Aviation

Here are the Unique Challenges faced by McGuire squadron to transport U-2 Chase Cars over the Altantic

Gabriele Barison

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when his Blackbird flew So Fast that He and his RSO arrived at Beale AFB almost a Day Before They Left Kadena AB

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

That time a Blackbird pilot revealed SR-71’s True Top Speed

Dario Leone

USAF B-52H bomber makes emergency landing at RAF Mildenhall after experiencing an in-flight emergency

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

USAF B-52H bomber makes emergency landing at RAF Mildenhall after experiencing an in-flight emergency

Dario Leone

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