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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

Oct 7 2019

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Takes a Licking and Keeps on Flying: the story of LTJG Al Crebo and his Stricken A-4

Aug 12 2019

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Mayday! A detailed description of Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 shoot-down

Jul 7 2019

Dario Leone

THIS DAY IN AVIATION HISTORY: FRANCIS GARY POWERS U-2 SHOT DOWN

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Francis Gary Powers Jr. reveals exclusive details on the shoot-down of his father’s U-2

Jun 14 2019

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

RF-4C cockpit recording captures the moment its wingman is shot down by North Vietnamese SA-2

Apr 27 2019

Dario Leone

The story of the Wild Weasel Mission of Lincoln 03 and the Medal of Honor awarded to Maj. Merlyn Dethlefsen

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of the Wild Weasel Mission of F-105F Lincoln 03 and the Medal of Honor awarded to Maj. Merlyn Dethlefsen

Feb 16 2019

Dario Leone

The unknown story of U-2 flight that went lost over the North Pole and nearly escalated the Cuban Missile Crisis

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The unknown story of the U-2 flight that went lost over the North Pole and nearly escalated the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jan 13 2019

Dario Leone

How U.S. secretly tested the A-12 RCS during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

How the U.S. secretly tested the A-12 RCS during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jan 9 2019

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The Incredible Story of the A-6 Intruder that dodged 5 SAMs before conducting a perfect Attack on Heavily Defended Ferry Docks near Downtown Hanoi

Nov 28 2018

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

Remembering the Shootdown of Lt. Commander John McCain over Hanoi

Aug 26 2018

Dario Leone

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

That time North Korea fired SA-2 SAMs at SR-71 Blackbird

Apr 30 2018

Dario Leone

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

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

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird that outran Gaddafi’s SAMs during a BDA flight of Libya in support of Operation El Dorado Canyon

Apr 17 2018

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Military Aviation

THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE F-4G WILD WEASEL THAT DODGED 6 SAMs IN FEW SECONDS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM

Jan 23 2018

Gabriele Barison

That time an RA-5C Vigilante took a picture of a SA-2 surface to air missile passing just 104 feet from its belly

Aviation History / Military Aviation

THAT TIME A U.S. NAVY RA-5C VIGILANTE TOOK A PICTURE OF AN SA-2 SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE PASSING JUST 104 FEET AWAY FROM ITS BELLY

Dec 11 2017

Dario Leone

Aviation History / Military Aviation

THUD Vs SAMs: THE F-105F WILD WEASEL AND OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER

Aug 20 2017

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

THIS DAY IN AVIATION HISTORY: FRANCIS GARY POWERS U-2 SHOT DOWN

May 1 2017

Dario Leone

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SA-2 Guideline

Thanks to our partners

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

Takes a Licking and Keeps on Flying: the story of LTJG Al Crebo and his Stricken A-4

Mayday! A detailed description of Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 shoot-down

Francis Gary Powers Jr. reveals exclusive details on the shoot-down of his father’s U-2

RF-4C cockpit recording captures the moment its wingman is shot down by North Vietnamese SA-2

The story of the Wild Weasel Mission of F-105F Lincoln 03 and the Medal of Honor awarded to Maj. Merlyn Dethlefsen

The unknown story of the U-2 flight that went lost over the North Pole and nearly escalated the Cuban Missile Crisis

How the U.S. secretly tested the A-12 RCS during the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Incredible Story of the A-6 Intruder that dodged 5 SAMs before conducting a perfect Attack on Heavily Defended Ferry Docks near Downtown Hanoi

Remembering the Shootdown of Lt. Commander John McCain over Hanoi

That time North Korea fired SA-2 SAMs at SR-71 Blackbird

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird that outran Gaddafi’s SAMs during a BDA flight of Libya in support of Operation El Dorado Canyon

THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE F-4G WILD WEASEL THAT DODGED 6 SAMs IN FEW SECONDS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM

THAT TIME A U.S. NAVY RA-5C VIGILANTE TOOK A PICTURE OF AN SA-2 SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE PASSING JUST 104 FEET AWAY FROM ITS BELLY

THUD Vs SAMs: THE F-105F WILD WEASEL AND OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER

THIS DAY IN AVIATION HISTORY: FRANCIS GARY POWERS U-2 SHOT DOWN

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