No Blackbird has ever been lost or damaged due to hostile action: in fact, even though over 4,000 missiles have been…
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Voodoo over Cuba: the RF-101 Involvement in the Missile Crisis of October 1962
by Dario LeoneThe RF-8A pilots also cast doubt upon the ability of USAF photo interpreters, and they were annoyed that the USAF crews,…
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60 Years Ago Today, the Surface-To-Air Missile Scored the First Ever Successful Shoot-Down of an Aircraft
by Dario LeoneOn Oct. 7, 1959 an S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile was fired by China’s People’s Liberation Army 2nd surface-to-air missile battalion and…
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Takes a Licking and Keeps on Flying: the story of LTJG Al Crebo and his Stricken A-4
by Dario LeoneLTJG Al Crebo wasn’t able to get his stricken A-4E back aboard USS Bon Homme Richard but it did keep flying…
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Mayday! A detailed description of Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 shoot-down
by Dario LeoneLosing a U-2 over the Soviet Union was the nightmare scenario, and Francis Gary Powers was not dreaming. It was around…
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Francis Gary Powers Jr. reveals exclusive details on the shoot-down of his father’s U-2
by Dario Leone“Especially in light of the U-2 that was shot down over Cuba in 1962, I understood my father’s frustration. All of…
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RF-4C cockpit recording captures the moment its wingman is shot down by North Vietnamese SA-2
by Dario LeoneRF-4C Phantom tail #69-0355 went down during “Vietnam Ceasefire” ops while serving with the 14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron of the 432nd…
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The story of the Wild Weasel Mission of F-105F Lincoln 03 and the Medal of Honor awarded to Maj. Merlyn Dethlefsen
by Dario LeoneThough he would have been in his right by USAF procedure to follow the rest of the aircraft and leave the…
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The unknown story of the U-2 flight that went lost over the North Pole and nearly escalated the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Dario LeoneTwo Air Defense Command Convair F-102 Delta Dagger interceptors were scrambled to counter the MiG-19s and guide the U-2 home. On…
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How the U.S. secretly tested the A-12 RCS during the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Dario LeoneDuring the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, nineteen SA-2 missile sites were constructed on the island supported by P-14 “Tall King” radars.…
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