Early EB-66 engagement with MiGs involved Chinese communist aircraft rather than the Vietnam People’s Air Force. The B-66 was developed from…
Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The tense story of the US Navy F-4 crew who had to eject while flying at high speed, low altitude over North Vietnam
by Matt GravesAt the time of the explosion, Lt. Jack Ensch and Lt. Cmdr. Michael Doyle were flying at 500 knots at an…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
Thud Vs Fresco: The Story of a Hair-Raising Dogfight Between USAF F-105s and North Vietnamese MiG-17s
by Dario LeoneCapt William ‘Gene’ Eskew ‘s F-105 was engulfed by fire as the MiG disintegrated in a violent explosion. Eskew’s head jerked…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The Incredible Story of the F-4 Phantom that went inverted on a tanker
by Matt Graves“Flying upside down underneath a tanker while in a thunderstorm on instruments with a full fuel and bomb load was a…
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HelicoptersMilitary Aviation
Impressive video shows Swedish pilot doing crazy stunts with his Sea Knight helicopter during an Air Show
by Dario LeoneAlthough the pilot (as well as the whole crew) showed impressive skill in flying his Sea Knight helicopter, we can’t imagine…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
Bringing them home: Bat 21 and the other big CSAR operations of the Vietnam War
by Dario LeoneMany shot-down pilots recalled that the sound of a Sandy overhead lifted their spirits in desperate situations. During the Vietnam War,…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
BUFF tail gunner tells the story of a scary emergency landing performed by his pilot after their B-52 lost all electronics in monsoon clouds inbound to Vietnam on a bombing mission
by Dario Leone‘All of a sudden I notice what I think is our number two aircraft in a three aircraft formation doing a…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The F-8 Missions Flown by Cdr Stockdale and his Crusader Pilots in Support of USS Maddox during the two Incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin
by Dario LeoneSome — including Cdr Stockdale, who was certainly in a good position to see the action — doubted that the night…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
The story of the last MiG kill scored by F-4D 66-7463, the highest-scoring US combat aircraft since the Korean War
by Dario LeoneSoon after its Oct. 15, 1972 F-4D 66-7463’s left splitter plate was repainted to show all six victory stars. On Oct.…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Project Bullet: when legendary Marine Aviator John Glenn set a new transcontinental air speed record flying the iconic RF-8 ‘Reconnaissance’ Crusader
by Dario LeoneOnly a few high-performance fighters have enjoyed simultaneously important combat careers, the secondary role usually being in an area for which…
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