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First European F-16 Training Center inaugurated in Romania. The hub will train Ukrainian Viper pilots too.
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
Eagle Vs Tomcat Vs Hornet: the F-15 in Dissimilar Fighting against legendary F-14 crews and why F-15 Pilots liked the Fake Canopies painted on CF-188s
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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The U-2 that crashed in Bolivia after its pilot died suffering hypoxia while overflying Cuba and after US Navy F-4s failed to shoot it down
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed
SR-71 pilot recalls when he and his RSO did a Blackbird super low pass at a speed of 152 knots
Military Aviation
Video shows Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider first flight
Military Aviation
First T-7A Red Hawk Arrives at Edwards AFB to Begin USAF Flight Testing
Military Aviation / Weapons
USAF is considering to remove AC-130J Ghostrider gunship’s powerful 105mm cannon
Military Aviation
US Navy Operations Specialist explains why the F-35’s F135 engine is better than F-22’s F119 (but not in every way)
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
B-52 EWO recalls the exercise where BUFF crews flying at low-level penetrated NORAD without any losses after fooling its massive surveillance system (and they did it for three years in a row)
Military Aviation
A-10 Vs F-35 CAS Flyoff report surfaces and says the A-10C “enabled more attacks than the typical loadout of the F-35A” but does not reveal how many targets each aircraft hit in the test
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
USAF controller recalls when he directed two F-102s to shoot down a fully loaded F-4 that flew towards Chinese border after its crew ejected (The Phantom II ran out of fuel and crashed in the Gulf of Tonkin)
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
SR-71 Mechanic explains how you could light the Blackbird’s afterburners if TEB (Triethylborane) wasn’t available
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The night 13 MiG-17 fighters failed to shoot down an RB-47 flying a recce mission 1,000 kilometres into Soviet Airspace
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
F-14 Vs F-15: Tomcat and Eagle crews explain why trying to determine which was the better fighter is a pointless exercise
Military Aviation
High Operating Costs, Low Production Run, Export ban: all the Shortfalls that Killed the F-22 Raptor Program
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USAF B-1B Lancer bombers receive first-ever hot-pit refuel in Turkey
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
