When an RA-5C Vigilante and its F-4 escort pulled up into a thunderstorm, they were flipped upside down

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The Skyraider pilot who landed his SPAD on a besieged airstrip to rescue another crash-landed A-1 pilot

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How the SR-71 Blackbird’s Habu logo was conceived

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Unreleased video features Chuck Yeager crashing an NF-104A

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Alexander Zuyev, the Soviet pilot who defected to Turkey flying a MiG-29 Fulcrum

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The Vulcan’s last operational role before being retired from active service

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Some tips for building an accurate model of an Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat

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“Nearly every single model of an Iraqi MiG-25PD from...

When an RA-5C Vigilante and its F-4 escort pulled up into a thunderstorm, they were flipped upside down

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The General Electric YJ93 made the XB-70 the loudest of its time

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Some tips for building an accurate model of an Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat

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When a USAF F-15 hit another F-15 with an AIM-9 over Alaska

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Chinese fighter drops flares 300 meters in front of Australian MH-60R helicopter over the Yellow Sea

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An ex-B-52 pilot describes a terrifying bomb run during the Vietnam War

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“VAQ-130 Zappers Cruise 2016”, the best Growler video ever

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When an armed Iranian F-4E Phantom II defected to Iraq

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The F-4E was subsequently parked inside one of Tallil's...

How the SR-71 Blackbird’s Habu logo was conceived

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“Working almost daily on the SR-71 was quite the...

30 years later, the World Speed Record Aircrew reunited with the Phantom “Black Mike”

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A world record for the fastest time between John...

CIA stored in boxes A-12 spy planes to Area 51 to keep the Oxcart project a secret

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The A-12 Oxcart at Area 51 Area 51, a top-secret...

The background to Dale “Snort” Snodgrass’ renowned super-low Banana Pass

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SR-71 pilot recalls a tense mission over the Barents Sea where he spotted a Soviet MiG-31

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Former FRED Pilot Explains What it is like landing a C-5 Cargo Aircraft in Heavy Fog

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‘The pilot flying the plane would never look outside;...

THIS F-14D CLOSE-UP SHOWS THE LAST UPGRADE RECEIVED BY TOMCAT BEFORE BEING RETIRED

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ROVER capability was added to the F-14D Tomcat On...

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How the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor could have been prevented with just one Arleigh Burke class DDG

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The Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor One...

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