‘The fighter jet jocks got with us and came up with this slant, on an age-old tradition, of releasing a greased…
Aircraft CarriersU.S. Navy
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USS John F. Kennedy
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
[Updated] Did you know that the last A-7 to make a barricade landing was buried at sea and strafed by other US Navy jets because it refused to sink?
by Dario LeoneOrdinarily, the aircraft would have been repaired, but as this was its last cruise A-7 BuNo 157478 was struck below to…
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F-14 TomcatLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
[Updated] This US Navy F-14A Tomcat was damaged over Beirut in 1983 (but not by Syrian AAA or SAMs)
by Tom CooperThe interesting photo in this post features a damaged F-14A Tomcat from VF-11 (modex AE103) embarked aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), returning…
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Military AviationU.S. Navy
Famed Naval Aviator Vincent “Jell-O” Aiello tells the story of one of the final U.S. Air Strikes of the 20th Century
by Edward ChangJoin Vincent “Jell-O” Aiello as he re-lives an air strike in the Iraqi no-fly zone at the turn of the millennium.…
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Cold War EraF-14 TomcatMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
Tomcat 4-Qaddafi 0: how two U.S. Navy F-14s shot down two Libyan MiG-23s over the Gulf of Sidra on Jan. 4, 1989
by Dario LeoneAfter returning to the carrier, both the F-14s received single FLOGGER ‘kill’ markings above the nose MODEX, although these were removed…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
Remembering the Ill-Fated 1983 U.S. Strike on Lebanon
by Dario LeoneThe A-6 crew ejected, and Lt Mark Adam Lange soon succumbed to injuries suffered in the process of leaving the aircraft. B/N…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
This A-7 Corsair made an emergency barricade landing with live ordnance aboard USS John F. Kennedy
by Dario LeoneWhen the A-7 was launched from the catapult an incorrect weight estimation caused the aircraft to outrun the shuttle. The shuttle…
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F-14 TomcatMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
Last Time Baby! Cool video features VF-103 Jolly Rogers last deployment flying the F-14 Tomcat
by Dario LeoneVF-103 Jolly Rogers made it’s last deployment flying the F-14B Tomcat in 2004 aboard the USS John F. Kennedy, conducting missions in…
