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No Internal Gun and Smoking Engines: former Topgun pilots explain why US Navy F-4s initially struggled to compete with North Vietnamese MiG-17 and MiG-21 fighters

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

No Internal Gun and Smoking Engines: former Topgun pilots explain why US Navy F-4s initially struggled to compete with North Vietnamese MiG-17 and MiG-21 fighters

Dario Leone

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Did you know that as late as the early 1990s, some F/A-18 drivers were routinely losing a 1v1 dogfight against an F-14 because they persisted in flying the Hornet like a supersonic A-7?

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Did you know that as late as the early 1990s, some F/A-18 drivers were routinely losing a 1v1 dogfight against an F-14 because they persisted in flying the Hornet like a supersonic A-7?

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

TOPGUN was not as credible of an adversary without the F-16N: why the retirement of the F-16Ns was a blow to the Navy Fighter Weapons School

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

TOPGUN was not as credible of an adversary without the F-16N: why the retirement of the F-16Ns was a blow to the Navy Fighter Weapons School

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

US Naval Aviators explain why "a mixed division of F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets was devastating in aerial engagements"

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

US Naval Aviators explain why “a mixed division of F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets was devastating in aerial engagements”

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

The story of how TOPGUN selected the F-16N Viper, the adversary aircraft that had the ability to simulate the MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29 and Su-27

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of how TOPGUN selected the F-16N Viper, the adversary aircraft that had the ability to simulate the MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29 and Su-27

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

Crew Chiefs have almost finished to rebuild the F-22 Raptor that belly landed at NAS Fallon in 2018

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Crew Chiefs have almost finished to rebuild the F-22 Raptor that belly landed at NAS Fallon in 2018

Dario Leone

USAF F-15C pilot who became TOPGUN instructor explains how he helped the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School to develop tactics to counter the MiG-23 Flogger

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

USAF F-15C pilot who became TOPGUN instructor explains how he helped the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School to develop tactics to counter the MiG-23 Flogger

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

The story of how Topgun integrated the F-22 Raptor flights into its syllabus

Aviation History / Military Aviation

The story of how TOPGUN integrated the F-22 Raptor flights into its syllabus

Dario Leone

Sponsored by: Schiffer Military

F-14 Tomcat pilot and TOPGUN instructor tells the story of when he nailed a MiG-29 in a 1v1 dogfight

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

F-14 Tomcat pilot and TOPGUN instructor tells the story of when he nailed a MiG-29 in a 1v1 dogfight

Dave Bio Baranek

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First carrier air wing to incorporate E-2D and F-35C completes new syllabus ahead of upcoming deployment

Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

First carrier air wing to incorporate E-2D and F-35C completes new syllabus ahead of upcoming deployment

Dario Leone

Q&A with a former F-14 Tomcat RIO: Dave "Bio" Baranek answers your questions

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Q&A with a former F-14 Tomcat RIO: Dave “Bio” Baranek answers your questions

Leading jet ace Giora Even-Epstein on his friendship with US Navy’s ace Randy Cunningham and on a tempting offer he received from Blue Angels CO

Aviation History / Military Aviation

Leading jet ace Giora Even-Epstein on his friendship with US Navy’s ace Randy Cunningham and on a tempting offer he received from Blue Angels CO

Dario Leone

U.S. still hopes to sell its fighters to Germany as replacement for Luftwaffe Tornado strike aircraft

Military Aviation

All you need to know about today’s TOPGUN: why the US Navy Fighter Weapons School is recognized worldwide as the center of excellence for fighter tactics training

Dario Leone

Brothers who flew together in the F-14 produce the ultimate documentary on the mighty Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

Brothers who flew together in the F-14 produce the ultimate documentary on the mighty Tomcat

Dario Leone

Highway to the danger zone – First two F-35C pilots graduate from Topgun

Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

Highway to the danger zone – First two F-35C pilots graduate from Topgun

Dario Leone

Trailer: Top Gun Vs Top Gun: Maverick, i.e. F-14 Tomcat Vs F/A-18 Super Hornet

F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

Trailer: Top Gun Vs Top Gun: Maverick, i.e. F-14 Tomcat Vs F/A-18 Super Hornet

Dario Leone

The Life and Times of an S-3A Viking Sensor Operator, Part Two: Livin’ in the Real World

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

The Life and Times of an S-3A Viking Sensor Operator, Part Two: Livin’ in the Real World

Edward Chang

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