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Aviation History / Military Aviation
The B-17 Copilot who stayed on his crippled Fortress to let his crew bail-out. He was killed in the crash of his bomber after gasoline tanks exploded.
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Video of Avro Vulcan VX770 disintegrating during fast low pass at RAF Syerston in 1958
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Weapons
B-58 Tail Gun Rounds moved Backwards when They Left the Muzzle. Here’s why.
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The B-29 remote controlled turrets were worse than B-17 and B-24 manned turrets in protecting the aircraft from enemy fighters
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The exercise where RAF Vulcan bombers fooled American and Canadian interceptors and penetrated NORAD’s massive surveillance system
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Aviation News / Military Aviation
USAF to study options for new heavy bomber to replace B-52
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The Sukhoi T-4, the Soviet Mach 3 Strategic Bomber that never was
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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
B-52 Tail Gunner tells the story of when his BUFF had to do an emergency landing after it lost all electronics in monsoon clouds inbound to Vietnam on a bombing mission
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Two Blackjacks did a flying display for US observers having the first close look at the Tu-160. Both flew with 3 engines because 1 engine failed on each aircraft.
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The unnerving mission of a B-36 mechanic: hours spent waiting in the wings of a Peacemaker to Maintain the Engines in Flight
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
When Soviets faked a flyby of 28 Myasishchev M-4s to pretend they had a credible fleet of bombers, the US increased B-52 production by 35%
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The Convair Water-Based B-58: the story of the Hustler seaplane strategic bomber that never was
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Six Turning, Four Burning: The story of how the Iconic B-36 Peacemaker got the Jet Engines
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Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
B-1B Instrument Flight Controls Specialist recalls when a Lancer Weapons Crew was crushed between B-1B’s Bomb Bay Doors (Luckily, he survived the incident)
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
When Soviets faked a flyby of 28 Myasishchev M-4s to pretend they had a credible fleet of bombers, the US built thousands of B-47 and B-52 bombers and hundreds of KC-135s for real
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Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
B-1B Lancer strategic bombers from Ellsworth AFB temporarily relocate to Dyess AFB
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