Homepage “Flying the Tomcat around the boat was a stupendous thing.” Naval Aviator recalls his first trip to the carrier in the F-14

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“Flying the Tomcat around the boat was a stupendous thing.” Naval Aviator recalls his first trip to the carrier in the F-14

Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

“Flying the Tomcat around the boat was a stupendous thing.” Naval Aviator recalls his first trip to the carrier in the F-14

Donald Auten

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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)

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)

Dario Leone

The US Navy F/A-18 that shot down a crewless US Navy E-2C to prevent it from crashing in a populated area

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

That time a US Navy F/A-18 shot down a US Navy E-2C on purpose to avoid casualties

Dario Leone

The Story of how the C-130 Hercules became the biggest aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier

Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The Story of how the C-130 Hercules became the biggest aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier

Dario Leone

The sad story of the Forrestal Fire

Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / U.S. Navy

The sad story of the Forrestal Fire

Dario Leone

This U.S. Navy F-4 has been shot down by a U.S. Navy F-4 flown by a USAF exchange pilot

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

This U.S. Navy F-4 has been shot down by a U.S. Navy F-4 (flown by a USAF exchange pilot)

Dave Svajda

U.S. NAVY REMEMBERS USS FORRESTAL TRAGEDY

Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / U.S. Navy

U.S. NAVY REMEMBERS USS FORRESTAL TRAGEDY

Dario Leone

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