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USAF F-4E WSO explains why a 13-hour Phantom II flight was so difficult
F-4E
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was a tandem...
The SR-71 was the first aircraft to use its own fuel for hydraulic fluid
The Blackbird
During the 1960s, the USAF developed the SR-71...
SR-71 spy planes could exceed Mach 3.4 during bomb damage assessment flights over Libya in Operation El Dorado Canyon
The Blackbird
No reconnaissance plane has ever flown through more...
RAF didn’t buy the Tomcat despite the F-14 being the only aircraft meeting UK’s defense needs.
The possibility of acquiring an RAF F-14 Tomcat was...
The Astroinertial Navigation System of the SR-71, also known as R2-D2, was essential for the Blackbird mission
Later on, after the Star Wars movie came out...
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The crew of a USMC KC-130J Super Hercules refuels an MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft
After aligning their probes with the KC-130 baskets, the...
A beautiful video of the Concorde Mach 2 airliner’s first flight
Regular transatlantic flights on Concorde took half as long...
USMC Harrier II pilot tells why in a vertical landing keeping the AV-8B nose pointed into relative wind is a matter of life or...
The AV-8B
The AV-8B Harrier II V/STOL (vertical and short...
Alligator blocks USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, fights with FWC Officers at MacDill AFB
Alligator blocks KC-135 Stratotanker
Taken on Apr. 22, 2024 the...