B-52 Pilot: “Ranger, we’re 5 miles out.”USS Ranger: “We do not have visual…”B-52 Pilot: “Look down” Taken in the spring of 1990 in the…
Aircraft CarriersCold War EraMilitary Aviation
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Aboard Midway, the Spad’s radio report was misunderstood as one of the Spads having been downed. Greathouse finally convinced the carrier…
- Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
Vintage video shows Phinal F-4 Phantom launch from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier
by Dario Leone“It grows on you. It smells like an airplane, it makes a lot of noise, vibrates, goes fast, it’s real loud.…
- Aircraft CarriersAviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
That time a South Vietnamese O-1 Bird Dog landed aboard USS Midway
by Dario LeoneLanding the Bird Dog on the deck of carrier without a tailhook was no easy task. Nevertheless Maj Ly Bung made…
- BooksF-14 TomcatMilitary Aviation
Book tells the story of when two F-14 Tomcats were diverted to the USS Midway
by Dario LeoneLT Berg’s biggest surprise on breaking out of the ever-lowering cloud ceiling was the sight of Midway, being so very different…
- Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
THAT TIME A U.S. NAVY A-1H SKYRAIDER DROPPED A “TOILET BOMB” ON NORTH VIETNAM
by Dario LeoneJust as the A-1H Skyraider, NE/572 “Paper Tiger II” was being shot off a 1MC message came from the bridge, ‘What…
- Aircraft CarriersCold War EraMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
FORMER U.S. NAVAL AVIATOR GIVES FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF SOVIET BOMBERS OVERFLIGHTS OF U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
by John NewlinOne rule of engagement was constant in all these incidents: make the intercept as close as possible to 100 miles from…
- Aircraft CarriersLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
THIS UNKNOWN STORY OF 35 U.S. NAVY COMBAT PLANES PERFORMING CARRIER NIGHT LANDINGS DURING A TYPHOON MAKES CLEAR WHY U.S. NAVAL AVIATORS ARE THE GOLD STANDARD
In the end, all 35 planes landed safely. When I talked to several pilots afterwards, they reported that they never saw the…
