“Turning inbound on our first sensor run, I noticed the “R” light on my electronic countermeasures (ECM) panel was illuminated. A…
Cold War EraMilitary AviationSR-71 Blackbird
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Vietnam War
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
“Spads four – MiGs nothing”: Skyraider MiG Kills Part II
by Dario LeoneSeldom emphasized about the second Skyraider-MiG encounter of the Vietnam War is the probability that three MiGs were destroyed by Spads.…
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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…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The story of the A-4 pilot that destroyed a SAM storage hidden in a mountainside during an Iron Hand mission over North Vietnam
by Dario LeoneIron Hand A-4 aircraft orbited over a known site, or between sites, at 10,000 ft, fired their Shrikes and then rolled…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Former North Vietnamese MiG-21 pilot explains how he was able to shoot down a USAF B-52 during Operation Linebacker II
by Dario Leone“I launched two heat seeking missiles from a distance of 2 kilometers. Big flames were visible around the second B-52 when…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
Setting the record straight: The photo of the A-4 involved in this barricade landing does not show the Skyhawk then flown by John McCain when he was shot down over Hanoi
by Dario LeoneVA-163 went through 3 A-4 Skyahwk CAG jets on the ’67 cruise… 150132 was lost Aug. 20, 149959 went down over…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
The story of Roy ‘Outlaw’ Cash, the first US Navy RIO to re-train as a pilot who scored the first MiG kill for the F-4J and VF-33
by Dario LeoneThe MiG kill scored by Cash was the last of Rolling Thunder and the first by an East Coast (Atlantic Fleet)…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
This OV-10 pilot died after ditching his Bronco to save his observer who couldn’t eject because his parachute was shredded by the explosion of a North Vietnamese SA-7
by Dario LeoneCaptain Bennett was urged by the pilot of an escorting OV-10 to eject. The wing was in danger of exploding. He…
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Aviation HistoryDronesMilitary Aviation
The story behind this incredible photo of a North Vietnamese MiG-21 flying extremely close to a Firebee drone (and other BQM-34 tales)
by Tom CooperThe deployment of BQM-34 Firebee reconnaissance drones during the Vietnam War (and over the PR China) would be worth a ‘book’…
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AirshowsCold War EraMilitary Aviation
Blue Angels flying the F-8 Crusader would have been awesome, but it never happened. Here’s why.
by Dario LeoneAt some point the Crusader was considered as replacement for Blue Angels Grumman F11 Tigers. One of the most capable fighters…
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