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U-2 Vs MiG-21: why the Fishbed was never able to shoot down the famed High-Altitude Spy Plane

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

U-2 Vs MiG-21: why the Fishbed was never able to shoot down the famed High-Altitude Spy Plane

Dario Leone

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The story of the Black Orions, the P-3 Aircraft operated by CIA for Black Flights over China and North Vietnam (one is believed to have Shot Down a MiG with a Sidewinder Missile)

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of the Black Orions, the P-3 Aircraft operated by CIA for Black Flights over China and North Vietnam (one is believed to have Shot Down a MiG by means of a Sidewinder Missile)

Dario Leone

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Taiwan’s F-16V jet fighter that was lost yesterday was Inverted with Speed Brakes Deployed before it

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Taiwan’s F-16V jet fighter that was lost yesterday was Inverted with Speed Brakes Deployed before it Crashed

Dario Leone

USMC tests F-35B on sloped landing pads

Military Aviation

The reason why the US will never sell the F-35 Lightning II to Taiwan

Dario Leone

Taiwan seeking to buy AGM-158 JASSM for its F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft

Military Aviation / Weapons

Taiwan seeking to buy AGM-158 JASSM for its F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft

Dario Leone

The Fulton-equipped B-17 that saved 007 in the movie Thunderball had also flown the longest B-17 mission ever (it lasted more than 19 hours and was flown over China by a Taiwanese pilot)

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The Fulton-equipped B-17 that saved 007 in the movie Thunderball had also flown the longest B-17 mission ever (it lasted more than 19 hours and was flown over China by a Taiwanese pilot)

Dario Leone

60 Years Ago Today, the Surface-To-Air Missile scored the first ever successful shoot-down of an aircraft

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

How a Chinese SA-2 shot down a Taiwanese RB-57D and scored the first ever SAM-Kill

Dario Leone

How an AIM-9 Sidewinder that Failed to Detonate and Got Embedded in a MiG-17 was Reverse-Engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / Weapons

Jack in the Box! How an AIM-9 Sidewinder that failed to explode after embedding itself inside a Chinese MiG-17 was reverse-engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll

Dario Leone

How an AIM-9 Sidewinder that Failed to Detonate and Got Embedded in a MiG-17 was Reverse-Engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll

Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

How an AIM-9 Sidewinder that Failed to Detonate and Got Embedded in a MiG-17 was Reverse-Engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll

60 Years Ago Today, the Surface-To-Air Missile scored the first ever successful shoot-down of an aircraft

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

60 Years Ago Today, the Surface-To-Air Missile Scored the First Ever Successful Shoot-Down of an Aircraft

Dario Leone

Republic of China Air Force grounded F-5 fighter jets as kids were having exams

Military Aviation

Republic of China Air Force grounded F-5 fighter jets as kids were having exams

Dario Leone

Taiwan could soon lease U.S. F-15 air superiority fighters

Military Aviation

Taiwan could soon lease U.S. F-15 air superiority fighters

Dario Leone

Will Taiwan buy F-15 or F/A-18 fighters to boost its defense capabilities?

Military Aviation

WILL TAIWAN BUY F-15 OR F/A-18 FIGHTERS TO BOOST ITS DEFENSE CAPABILITIES?

Dario Leone

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