‘It took courage to continue well past our refueling end point and fly closer to Iraq with CHOCTAW calling bandits airborne…
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- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
SR-71 Pilot Tells the Story of When He Buzzed the Tower of Sacramento Airport with Afterburners Lit
by Dario Leone‘As we were approaching the tower I rolled the SR-71 up away from it and lit the afterburners. We went around…
- Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Supersonic Convertible Thud! The Story of the F-105 Driver who Flew his Aircraft with the Canopy Off at 695 Knots over North Vietnam
by Dario Leone“I flipped the manual canopy unlock lever under the canopy rail and the canopy went like it had been blown off.…
- Cold War EraMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
REMEMBERING THE U.S. NAVY F-4G, THE PHANTOM THAT COULD PERFORM AUTOMATIC CARRIER LANDINGS
by Dario LeoneIn 1966 the 12 U.S. Navy F-4G aircraft were to test a new tactical camouflage for embarked aircraft In March, 1963,…
- Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE F-4G WILD WEASEL THAT DODGED 6 SAMs IN FEW SECONDS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM
“I looked in the direction of the launch indication on the scope and saw a sight I’d never hoped to see.…
- Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
EXCLUSIVE: FORMER BUFF GUNNER REVEALS INTERESTING DETAILS ABOUT B-52 “IN HARM’s WAY” INCIDENT
by Dario Leone“The Weasel WSO launched the HARM “in the blind” hoping a threat would come up and it would take it out.…
- Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
THUD Vs SAMs: THE F-105F WILD WEASEL AND OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER
by Dario LeoneDesignated F-105F Wild Weasel III, the aircraft replaced the F-100F Wild Weasel I in the summer of 1966 and became the…
- Military Aviation
THIS COOL INFOGRAPHIC GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW ABOUT THE IMPRESSIVE F-4 PHANTOM II CAPABILITIES
by Dario LeoneThe F-4 Phantom II was the primary fighter-bomber aircraft in the U.S. Air Force throughout the 1960s and 1970s The interesting…
- Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
FIRST IN, LAST OUT: THE STORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE SEAD MISSION
by Dario LeoneModern battlefields are characterized by numerous integrated air defense systems and the Wild Weasels provide access to these contested environments In…
