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The U-2 that took off from USS Ranger carrier and spied over French Polynesian nuclear test site at Mururoa atoll

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The U-2 that took off from USS Ranger carrier and spied over French Polynesian nuclear test site at Mururoa atoll

Dario Leone

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The B-52 Bomber that did a fly-by below the flight deck of USS Ranger Aircraft Carrier

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

The B-52 Bomber that did a fly-by below the flight deck of USS Ranger Aircraft Carrier

Dario Leone

A US Navy F-4 scored the first Official US Aerial Victory of the Vietnam War against a Chinese MiG-17. But it remained unconfirmed for many years. Here’s why.

Aviation History / Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation

A US Navy F-4 scored the first Official US Aerial Victory of the Vietnam War against a Chinese MiG-17. But it remained unconfirmed for many years. Here’s why.

Dario Leone

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USS Ranger B-52

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of the USAF B-52 Stratofortress Strategic Bomber that did a fly-by below the flight deck of USS Ranger Aircraft Carrier

Dario Leone

A Life-or-Death Experience: Former F-14 pilot tells the story of when he and his RIO had a Tomcat single-engine cat shot

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

A Life-or-Death Experience: Former F-14 pilot tells the story of when he and his RIO had a Tomcat single-engine cat shot

Steve Petro Petroski with Dave Bio Baranek

That time a USAF B-52 Strategic Bomber did a fly-by below the flight deck of USS Ranger Aircraft Carrier

Aircraft Carriers / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

[Updated] That time a USAF B-52 Strategic Bomber did a fly-by below the flight deck of USS Ranger Aircraft Carrier

Dario Leone

This U.S. Navy F-4B was able to make an emergency landing aboard USS Ranger after her radome was destroyed by Vietnamese AAA

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

This U.S. Navy F-4B was able to make an emergency landing aboard USS Ranger after her radome was destroyed by Vietnamese AAA

Dario Leone

AIM-9 hitting QF-4B

Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

A BLAST FROM THE PAST: FORMER U.S. NAVAL AVIATOR DESCRIBES HIS FAVORITE AIM-9 SIDEWINDER MISSILE LAUNCH

F-14 - Moment Of Truth

F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / U.S. Navy

TOMCAT SINGLE-ENGINE CAT SHOT: A LIFE-OR-DEATH EXPERIENCE

Steve Petro Petroski with Dave Bio Baranek

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