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Here’s why it Took four Weeks to Scuttle USS America, the Only Supercarrier Ever Sunk

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

Did you know that it Took four Weeks to Scuttle USS America, the Only Supercarrier Ever Sunk? Here’s why.

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Twenty-Six F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters are operating aboard US Navy ships in the Indo-Pacific amid heightened tensions between the US and China

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

Twenty-Six F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters are operating aboard US Navy ships in the Indo-Pacific amid heightened tensions between the US and China

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The story of how the A-7’s ability to dissipate energy prevented US Navy MiG Killer Mark Fox from crashing his Corsair II during a high speed, low altitude sortie through Star Wars Canyon in Oman

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The story of how the A-7’s ability to dissipate energy prevented US Navy MiG Killer Mark Fox from crashing his Corsair II during a high speed, low altitude sortie through Star Wars Canyon in Oman

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That time a US Navy helicopter released three greased pigs on USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier flight deck

Aircraft Carriers / U.S. Navy

That time a US Navy helicopter released three greased pigs on USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier flight deck

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Intruders over Libya: former A-6 crew members remember their participation in Operation El Dorado Canyon

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Intruders over Libya: former A-6 crew members remember their participation in Operation El Dorado Canyon

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Here’s why it Took four Weeks to Scuttle USS America, the Only Supercarrier Ever Sunk

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety

Here’s why it Took four Weeks to Scuttle USS America, the Only Supercarrier Ever Sunk

Dario Leone

Here's the story and video of Dale "Snort" Snodgrass legendary super low Banana Pass

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The story (and video) behind Dale “Snort” Snodgrass legendary super low Banana Pass

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This OV-10A has been the last USMC combat loss of a Bronco

Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

This OV-10A has been the last USMC combat loss of a Bronco

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F-35 HMD Gen III Helmet

Military Aviation

A quick look at the Star Wars capabilities that the F-35 Generation III Helmet Mounted Display System delivers to the Joint Strike Fighter pilots

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