VF-111 Sundowners

Alone Vs six MiGs: the legendary Dogfight of Dick “Brown Bear” Schaffert

Alone Vs six MiGs: the legendary Dogfight of Dick “Brown Bear” Schaffert

Schaffert had survived a gruelling ten-minute solo combat with six MiGs — a classic engagement still examined at Topgun decades… Read More

5 years ago

The story of VF-51 Screaming Eagles F-4 Phantom II’s Flamboyant Markings in Vietnam

VF-51 F-4 had one of the most flamboyant Phantom markings to go to sea- what rival squadrons called the "Supersonic… Read More

5 years ago

How North Vietnam’s first ace shot down a VF-111 Sundowners F-8 Crusader

With the controls unresponsive, Capt Wilfred K Abbott pulled the black and yellow handle, rocketing himself out of the doomed F-8. He… Read More

5 years ago

The unknown story of how a U.S. Navy F9F Panther scored the first true air-to-air victory in a jet vs jet engagement

Lt. Cdr. Amen made aviation history by scoring the first air-to-air victory in an all jets dogfight when he downed… Read More

7 years ago