One of the F-14 pilots who flew in The Final Countdown shares his personal notes on the movie that introduced the…
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This Photo of a VX-23 F-35B in “Beast Mode” Gives Major Autumn Vibes
by Dario LeoneThe cool photo in this post features an F-35B Lightning II in ‘beast mode’ assigned to VX-23 Salty Dogs giving major…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
That Time a Soviet Tu-16 Crashed Into Sea After Buzzing USS Essex Aircraft Carrier
by Dario Leone‘I remember the Tu-16 coming over the flight deck from starboard to port flying a couple hundred yards and appeared to…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Did You Know that Maverick’s Top Gun F-14 Tomcat Currently Features VF-84 Jolly Rogers Paint Scheme And Is On Display Aboard USS Lexington?
by Dario LeoneThe interesting video in this post features F-14 Tomcat (S/N 160694), one of a valiant few that was used in the…
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
US Navy Bids Farewell To P-3 And Sends Recently Retired Orion to National Naval Aviation Museum
BuNo 162776 just returned from a six-month rotational deployment on Oct. 9, 2019, when the “Fighting Marlins” marked the final active…
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Military Aviation
Check Out The First Photos Of Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band On The EA-18 Growler
by Dario LeoneRaytheon’s NGJ-MB ram air turbine generator is designed to give the EA-18G Growler more power than it has ever had before…
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Aircraft CarriersU.S. Navy
Say It With Sailors! The Tradition of the Aircraft Carrier Deck Spell-Out
by Dario LeoneThere is an old marketing slogan used by florists worldwide that has been in use for years: “Say it with Flowers!”…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The True Story Behind the Famous Sequence of Thirteen Days Movie featuring the RF-8 Crusader Low-Level High Speed Run Over Cuba during the Missile Crisis
by Dario LeoneRecovering at Jacksonville after a mission, each Crusader would receive another ‘dead chicken’ marking below its cockpit to denote the successful…
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Aircraft Carriers
USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier First Deployment could Slip to 2024
by Dario LeoneThe developmental delays in the new technologies that are included aboard the first-in-class nuclear aircraft carrier have continued to slip Ford’s…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The RA-5C Vigilante’s Flights Over Cuba during the Missile Crisis that Never Were and “Jiffy Soda” Missions
by Dario LeoneOn Oct. 13, 1962 John Fosness, then Vigilante Programme Manager at NAA received a call from the Pentagon at his home.…
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