At first, this kind of mission was performed by US Navy A-1s, but by mid August 1965 the 1st ACS… Read More
On Apr. 29, 1975, C-130A Hercules tail number 56-0518 flew the last mission out of Vietnam before the fall of… Read More
‘When he later returned to the ship after his mission, he spent a long time cleaning his cockpit seat, after… Read More
This engagement marked the first CIA air-to-air victory and the only kill achieved by a helicopter against a biplane. The… Read More
While the Soviet SAMs, AAA, and Russian advisors had a lot to do with shooting down 15 B-52s and damaging… Read More
According to Vietnamese records, on the night of Dec. 27, 1972 North Vietnamese Air Force pilot Pham Tuan used MiG-21MF… Read More
‘Yes, the A-4 Skyhawk was agile. However, it takes more than agility to make a good fighter,’ John Chesire, former… Read More
Generations of aircrew have flown those B-52s and gone on to retire multiple times over. The B-52 is an eternal… Read More
During Operation Linebacker II two B-52D tail gunners belonging to the 307th Strategic Bomb Wing from U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand, continued… Read More
During the Vietnam War 84 A-6 Intruder attack aircraft were lost, but the toughness of the planes and their pilots… Read More
Retired USAF Col. Joe Kittinger, whose 1960 parachute jump from almost 20 miles above the Earth stood as a world… Read More
‘There it is! Mach 2.0, twice the speed of sound. I could go on, Mach 2.4 is probably within reach,’… Read More
The OV-1 Mohawk achieved the only US Army air-to-air victory during the Vietnam War. In 1957, the US Army identified… Read More
"They were within two minutes of picking me up and all at once the helicopter goes up in a ball… Read More
On Jun. 2, 1972 a remarkable duel between a MiG-19 and a 58th TFS F-4E flown by Maj Phil Handley… Read More
The KC-135 Stratotanker crew verified the location of the distressed F-111 Aardvark and headed north until the two aircraft were… Read More
Yes, this really happened. Once again history is stranger then fiction, and a lot funnier. The photos in this post… Read More
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