The Buffalo won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the US Navy’s first monoplane fighter aircraft. Designed and built…
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‘The successor to the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II has already flown and broken a lot of records,’ USAF says
by Dario LeoneThe project, named Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) features a network of advanced fighter aircraft, sensors and weapons in a growing…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
F-14 RIO who visited the Blackbird’s Roost at Beale AFB tells the story of two memorable SR-71 takeoffs… And that of his Tomcat’s unrestricted climb
by Dario LeoneIn February 1988 the SR-71 community hosted a small conference and invited representatives of the four types of US fighters –…
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Aircraft CarriersLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
E-2C Hawkeye struck parked Super Hornet’s training AIM-9X during bolter
by Dario LeoneNo one in the E-2C Hawkeye or on the deck were injured in the mishap. On Aug. 23, 2020 a US…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
How low did he go? F-14 Pilots who helped filming “The Final Countdown” on how low the Tomcat pulled out during the Zero dogfight scene
by Dario LeoneThe motion picture featured a unique dogfight which saw two A6M Zeros flying against two F-14 Tomcats. The interesting video in…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
E-2C Hawkeye from VAW-120 crashes, crew bailed out safely through the main cabin door
Initial reports indicate no structures or personnel on the ground were damaged or injured in the mishap. An E-2C Hawkeye command…
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Growler Ball 2020 video celebrates 50 years of US Navy’s Electronic Attack Community
by Dario LeoneThe 2020 edition of the annual Growler Ball video marks the 50th Anniversary of VAQ-129 Vikings, the Electronic Attack Fleet Replacement…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
The Story of the Last Aviator to fly All the Grumman Cats
Commander Glenn Tierney finished his illustrious military career in 1971 having flown every Navy fighter from the Wildcat to the Tomcat. …
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
Loose deuce Vs fluid four: during the Vietnam War the fighting tactics used by US Naval Aviators were better than those of the USAF pilots – here’s why
by Dario LeoneThe loose deuce formation, which presented a variation of the famous ‘Thatch Weave’ developed during World War 2, was vastly different…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary AviationWarbirds
Here’s how the Royal Navy fixed the F4U shortcomings for which the US Navy deemed the Corsair unsuitable for aircraft carrier operations
by Dario LeoneSeveral issues plagued the airframe and delayed introduction to carrier service, leaving it to Marine land-based squadrons to introduce the F4U…
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