U.S. Navy
Thanks to our partners
Military Aviation
Top Gun: Maverick’s final trailer teases rivalry with Goose’s son Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Bullseye: the day a Kamikaze aircraft scored a direct hit on USS Cabot light Aircraft Carrier
Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
F-15 Vs F-14 Vs CF-188: the Eagle in Dissimilar Fighting against legendary Tomcat crews and why Eagle Pilots liked the Fake Canopies painted on Canadian Hornets
Sponsored by: Mortons Books
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Remembering Captain Carroll “Lex” Fairfax LeFon, the Founder of Neptunus Lex Blog and Patriarch of online Aviation Communities
Aviation History / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
The epic story of the F-14 Tomcat pilot who disobeyed the order to return to the carrier to provide CAS support during the Battle of Roberts Ridge
Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing
Military Aviation
Here’s why despite the F-35’s 5th-Generation Capabilities, 4th-Generation Fighters are better in Dogfight (and in other Roles) than the Lightning II
Sponsored by: Mortons Books
Aviation History / Military Aviation
The F4U Division lost off Hawaii and the story of how the iconic Vought Corsair got the Nickname “Ensign Eliminator”
Sponsored by: Schiffer Military
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The US Navy recovered the F-35C Lightning II that Crashed in January in the South China Sea
Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
VFA-97 Warhawks, the US Navy’s Second Fleet Squadron to operate the F-35C Lightning II, declared Safe for Flight
U.S. Navy
Russian Guided-Missile Cruisers arrayed across the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to Counter US, French and Italian Carrier Groups
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
Former US Navy Test Pilot explains why the Super Tomcat 21 would outperform the Super Hornet in every area except Reliability
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The story of the Black Orions, the P-3 Aircraft operated by CIA for Black Flights over China and North Vietnam (one is believed to have Shot Down a MiG by means of a Sidewinder Missile)
Sponsored by: Schiffer Military
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
F-14 Pilot tells the story of when his Tomcat went Inverted a Few Feet Above the Ground after Takeoff after both Flaps and Slats Failed. Pushing Negative Gs Stopped him from Crashing.
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
‘We routinely shut down #1 Engine during long range patrols but once a ship thought we were in distress and alerted the USCG.’ P-3 Orion NFO tells an unusual sea story.
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of the F-4 Phantom II pilot that ejected, hit a large boulder and fell 20 feet down after his parachute deflated. He survived and flew in the US Navy for another ten years.
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation
Did you know that as late as the early 1990s, some F/A-18 drivers were routinely losing a 1v1 dogfight against an F-14 because they persisted in flying the Hornet like a supersonic A-7?
Sponsored by: Schiffer Military
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
