The SR-71’s awesome performance capabilities provided a unique opportunity for Swedish fighter controllers and JA-37 fighter pilots to evaluate various intercept…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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Skyflash
- Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
That time a RAF Phantom was nearly shot down by its own Skyflash air-to-air missile
by Dario Leone“May I ask, sir, how far behind the Phantoms?” interjected John. “Oh…not too far,” the commanding officer said hesitatingly. “At the…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Phantom Girl!: the story of Penny Wild, the fighter controller who became the RAF’s only female Phantom driver
by Dario LeonePenny Wild found the lightness of the hydraulically-operated controls to be a little unnerving at first but soon, when the two aircraft…
