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How BUFF aircrews trained to fly a Stratofortress low-level sortie against Soviets

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The low-level run was flown in one of the...

The RAF Buccaneer that performed a record-breaking short flight of 92 seconds

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In 1994, Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B XV361 was put up...

A non-standard RF-4C Phantom ejection

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A conventional F-4 ejection sequence calls for the back-seater...

When a KC-135 Stratotanker crew crossed Vietnam DMZ and went into a dive to refuel a flamed-out F-105 Thunderchief

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SR-71 pilot recalls a Soviet MiG-23 pilot asking to bring the Blackbird to Vladivostok as a peaceful gesture

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