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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The mysterious losses of Misty FAC F-100 Super Sabre crews in Vietnam
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
This Naval Aviator Nearly-Fatally Wounded Himself to Convince North Vietnamese that He Was Willing to Die rather than to Capitulate to Their Demands
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Aviation History / Cold War Era / Helicopters / Military Aviation
Huey crew members explain why UH-1 helicopters (almost) always flew with doors open during the Vietnam War
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
USAF controller recalls when he directed two F-102s to shoot down a fully loaded F-4 that flew towards Chinese border after its crew ejected (The Phantom II ran out of fuel and crashed in the Gulf of Tonkin)
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Naval Warfare
When China took control of the Paracel Islands after defeating South Vietnam (The US did not lend help to the South Vietnamese)
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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The Story of the KC-135 Stratotanker pilot that went into a 20-degree dive to refuel a flamed out F-105 Thunderchief
Cold War Era / MiG Killers / Military Aviation
US Army OV-1 pilot explains how he was able to shoot down a North Vietnamese MiG-17 by means of his Mohawk’s rockets and gun
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Aviation History / Military Aviation
The story behind the Wolf Pack F-16 sporting a special tail flash honoring Robin Olds’ F-4C Phantom II
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Helicopters / Military Aviation
Vietnam War AH-1 pilot who lifted four US Army soldiers clinging to the Cobra’s skids and rocket pods out of harm’s way received the Medal of Honor
Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation
US Navy selects Commercial Dismantlement plan to dismantle and dispose USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The crews never saw the ship once! USS Midway Sailor recalls when during a typhoon 35 planes (a mix of F-4s, A-6s and A-7s) successfully landed at night on the carrier.
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The A-7 missions during the Korean Tree Incident, the trimming of a tree in the DMZ that separated North and South Korea that nearly started a nuclear war
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Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Two Blackbird Mach 3 Spy Planes were Hit by North Vietnamese Air Defenses: one A-12 was hit with shrapnel, another Oxcart was damaged by SAM debris
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The day a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker saved six US Navy jets over the Gulf of Tonkin
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.
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The forgotten, incredible story of the only time the two-seat TA-4F Skyhawk went to combat from a carrier flightdeck
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