Due to his father’s status as an admiral, John McCain was offered early release, but refused – citing the American Fighting…
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That time North Korea fired SA-2 SAMs at SR-71 Blackbird
by Dario LeoneSR-71 pilot Maj. Maury Rosenberg and RSO Maj. E. D. McKim were making their final pass on the DMZ, heading southwest,…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
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
by Dario Leone“It is a race the SR-71 will not let us lose. The Mach eases to 3.5 as we crest 80,000 feet.…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE F-4G WILD WEASEL THAT DODGED 6 SAMs IN FEW SECONDS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM
“I looked in the direction of the launch indication on the scope and saw a sight I’d never hoped to see.…
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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
by Dario LeoneNo one knows why it did not detonate although the most likely theory is that the missile had not reached its…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
THUD Vs SAMs: THE F-105F WILD WEASEL AND OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER
by Dario LeoneDesignated F-105F Wild Weasel III, the aircraft replaced the F-100F Wild Weasel I in the summer of 1966 and became the…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
THIS DAY IN AVIATION HISTORY: FRANCIS GARY POWERS U-2 SHOT DOWN
by Dario LeoneWhen Francis Gary Powers failed to complete his mission, the U.S. assumed he had been killed and his plane destroyed and…
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