The aircraft, EA-18G Growler BUNO 168273 has only 1640 flight hours on the airframe so it has a lot of life…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Launching the Phoenix and dogfighting against the F-15: Q & A with F-14 Tomcat RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek Part 2
by TAGCTeam“In a multi-aircraft engagement the Eagle’s relative strengths were reduced. When I fought F-15s, which was not often enough, we did…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
A US Navy F9F Panther and not a USAF F-80 Shooting Star scored the first first jet-vs-jet kill, hence the official USAF history is wrong
by Dario LeoneF-80 pilot 1st Lt Russell J. Brown identified the plumes of burning kerosene from the falling tanks as the MiG catching…
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F-14 TomcatLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The fatal crash of Grumman test pilot Bill Miller and the search for F-14 Tomcat #10
by David TrojanThe F-14 struck the water at about 350 knots and exploded. It was thought that Miller may have been distracted by…
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F-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Q&A with a former F-14 Tomcat RIO: Dave “Bio” Baranek answers your questions
by TAGCTeam“I have to wonder what a fully-funded, fully-developed Tomcat would be like (…looks dreamily into space). I’m certain it would’ve had…
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Aircraft CarriersMilitary Aviation
Two weeks after Chinese Combat aircraft conducted a mock attack on USS Theodore Roosevelt, the flat-top conducts dual carrier operations with USS Nimitz in the South China Sea
by Dario LeoneUSS Nimitz headed towards South China Sea on Feb. 2, 2021 a few days after Chinese combat aircraft conducted a mock…
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Military Aviation
F/A-18 Super Hornet completes first flight with US Navy Tactical Combat Training System Increment II
by Dario LeoneThe TCTS II system, developed by Collins, is an open architecture system enabling highly secure air combat training between aircraft, replacing…
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
ADVERSARY! A QUICK LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY U.S. NAVAL AVIATORS TO PLAY THE BAD GUYS
by Dario LeoneTo realistically carry out their duty U.S. Navy adversary pilots need the best aircraft to simulate the bandits during DACT sorties…
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Military Aviation
Interesting pictures feature first airborne interoperability practice between USMC F-35C and USN E-2D
by Dario LeoneUS Marines and Sailors with VMFA-314 and VAW-117, respectively, flew together for the first time in San Diego, Calif. Taken on…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
[Updated] Did you know that the last A-7 to make a barricade landing was buried at sea and strafed by other US Navy jets because it refused to sink?
by Dario LeoneOrdinarily, the aircraft would have been repaired, but as this was its last cruise A-7 BuNo 157478 was struck below to…
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