The Boeing 737 touched down on the runway of NAS Sigonella at 0015 on Oct. 11, as three F-14s circled overhead,…
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Tomcat Down in Iraq, Part I: the CSAR Mission that rescued F-14 Driver Lieutenant Devon Jones
by Dario Leone“I had a moment of panic there. But, hey! the A-10s have those huge cannons. They opened up with their 30-mike-mike.…
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The true story behind this VF-103 F-14’s TARPS IR photo showing Egypt Air Boeing 737 carrying the Achille Lauro hijackers after landing at Sigonella
by Dario Leone‘As the Boeing 737 landed, two lights out USAF C-141s landed behind him and turned their lights on as they rolled…
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When U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats intercepted and forced landing an Egyptian Boeing 737 carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers
by Dario LeoneThe Tomcat crews watched as the excited Egyptian crew (and perhaps the terrorists) ran to either side of the airliner to…
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What Should’ve been the F-14 Tomcat’s First Air-Air Kill of Desert Storm
Remembering that there could be no friendly aircraft north of his F-14, Glaze cut the range to the target down to…
