Former Royal Norwegian Air Force F-104 pilot talks about an exciting MiG-25 intercept

‘I arrived directly underneath the contact at 36,000ft and...

Why B-52s could easily bypass Soviet air defenses during the Cold War

‘As late as the 1980s, PVO was not particularly...

The line-up of English Electric Canberra aircraft

The video in this post is previously unseen RAF...

When a Swedish Viggen pilot was scrambled to help an SR-71 that suffered a catastrophic engine failure

‘Throughout the incident, my intention was to try to...

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How low the Tomcat pulled out during the Zero dogfight scene in “The final countdown”

The motion picture featured a unique dogfight that saw...

The line-up of English Electric Canberra aircraft

The video in this post is previously unseen RAF...

Vulcan was one of 3 V-bombers of the RAF. Avro wanted to call it “Ottawa.”

‘While I am extremely proud to call myself an...

Soviets never received any (Iranian) Tomcat but they published this F-14 “booklet”

The Soviets did not need to ‘steal’ or ‘get’...

The line-up of English Electric Canberra aircraft

The video in this post is previously unseen RAF Museum Archive footage of different variants of the English Electric Canberra (with special attention to the...

The unusual encounter of a S-3 Viking SENSO with a Soviet Submarine

The S-3 Viking operated day and night from big-deck...

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Why B-52s could easily bypass Soviet air defenses during the Cold War

‘As late as the 1980s, PVO was not particularly...

Former Royal Norwegian Air Force F-104 pilot talks about an exciting MiG-25 intercept

‘I arrived directly underneath the contact at 36,000ft and...

RAF Lightning pilot landed safely after experiencing a double engine failure on take-off

The English Electric Lightning Designed as a Mach 2 interceptor...

Soviets never received any (Iranian) Tomcat but they published this F-14 “booklet”

The Soviets did not need to ‘steal’ or ‘get’...

US Navy F-4 Phantom II pilot, recalls the one-on-one duel that made him America’s First Ace Pilot since Korea

After having downed two MiGs with one Sidewinder apiece,...

The slowest Lockheed Blackbird speed ever recorded

The backseater later indicated a slow speed of 155...

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The legendary SR-71’s first pilot, Bob Gilliland

On December 22, 1964, Bob Gilliland performed the illustrious...

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

“Then the bomb run began in the early morning...