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Military Aviation
EA-18G pilot explains why the F/A-18 Super Hornet wings when folded are not closer to the wing root
Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Launch ‘Em: Carrier Suitability Branch project manager at NAS Pax River explains What Every Pilot Catapulting Off the Carrier Needs
Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare
Naval Aviator recalls when his aircraft carrier detected two Soviet Tu-95 bombers because their crews were sloppy in radio usage (the Bear were intercepted by F-4s at 250 miles from the battle group)
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-14 pilot recalls when he nearly fired an AIM-7 Sparrow against a Boeing 727 on intercept vector to the RC-135 his Tomcat was escorting
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of the US Navy F/A-18 that was able to land safely without canopy, with a KC-10 refueling basket stuck in its refueling probe
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
US Navy P-8A Poseidon splashes in Kaneohe Bay after Overshooting Hawaiian Runway. Crew Safe.
Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Naval Aviator explains why USAF Pilots land softer than US Navy Pilots
Naval Warfare
US Navy Submariner explains why Submarines can’t flush the toilet while operating in hostile waters
Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation
One F9F Vs Six MiG-15s: the legendary dogfight that made Royce Williams the top-scoring Naval Aviator of the Korean War
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
45 Years of F/A-18 Legacy Hornet, the US Navy’s first multirole aircraft
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Military Aviation
‘The BUFF can carry [more than] the entire weight of the Growler…in bombs!’ EA-18G pilot’s take on B-52 payload
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Naval Aviator tells why during cat launch pilots of aircraft with conventional controls can hold onto the control stick whereas pilots of FBW aircraft must keep their right hand up off controls
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
Sponsored by: Helion & Company
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
The VF-213 CO who perfected the manual deployment of the maneuvering flaps of the F-14 to enhance the Tomcat handling characteristics in the dogfight arena and who introduced the F-14 section takeoff
Sponsored by: Schiffer Military
Naval Warfare / U.S. Navy
