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Aircraft Carriers
Here’s what an aircraft carrier fantail opening is used for
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / U.S. Navy
In 1975 USS Belknap Guided Missile Cruiser and USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier collided in the Mediterranean Sea. The nickname for the JFK became “The Can Opener.”
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / MiG Killers / Military 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
Aircraft Carriers / U.S. Navy
That time a US Navy helicopter released three greased pigs on USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier flight deck
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / U.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?
![[Updated] This US Navy F-14A Tomcat was damaged over Beirut in 1983 (but not by Syrian AAA or SAMs)](https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/F-14-Beirut-600x399.jpg)
F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
[Updated] This US Navy F-14A Tomcat was damaged over Beirut in 1983 (but not by Syrian AAA or SAMs)
Military Aviation / U.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
Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / MiG Killers / Military 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
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Remembering the Ill-Fated 1983 U.S. Strike on Lebanon
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
This A-7 Corsair made an emergency barricade landing with live ordnance aboard USS John F. Kennedy
F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
