Captain Bennett elected to ditch in the Gulf of Tonkin, although he knew that his cockpit area would very likely… Read More
The SR-71 was nicknamed the “Lead Sled” by a few people after Jerry O’Malley (pilot) and Ed Payne (RSO) dropped… Read More
‘In retrospect, my ordering WSO to eject was a mistake which I have always regretted. I felt at the time… Read More
Filmed on Jun. 3, 2023 the video in this post features the last flying C-123 Provider (Serial #54-664, named “Thunderpig”)… Read More
Col. Robin Olds briefed F-4Cs of the 555th TFS/8th TFW to fly in tight formation along a flightpath regularly used… Read More
The first air-refuelable helicopter to be produced, the HH-3E Jolly Green Giant's retractable fuel probe and external fuel tanks gave… Read More
The mission was publicized for years after as the textbook example of how to use a single A-6 Intruder in… Read More
SR-71 Blackbird pilot Brian Shul suddenly died in the night of May 20, 2023 in Reno, Nevada, at age 75,… Read More
Lt Jerry Tucker kill was disallowed on the grounds that it had been achieved without the use of any weapons,… Read More
The story of a confused dogfight during the Vietnam War. After having shot down a North Vietnamese MiG-17 on May… Read More
“Because of approach speed and scan, you had to work your ass off. But I liked the F-8 because it… Read More
Tragically, the most widely publicized C-5 flight occurred on Apr. 4, 1975, when C-5A Galaxy 68-0218 (S/N 0021) crashed during… Read More
Although C-141 StarLifter aircraft had flown many military and humanitarian missions, none was more significant than the mission flown by… Read More
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