George ‘Bud’ Day, the first jet pilot to survive a ‘parachute-less’ ejection

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A fully loaded USAF F-4 Phantom II went inverted on a tanker at night in a thunderstorm

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The flight of three F-4 Phantom II fighter jets...

How the iconic F-105 Thunderchief became known affectionately as the “Thud”

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There was talk about canceling the F-105D program because...

The low-level flight tactics devised to allow Soviet M-4 and 3M Bison bombers to penetrate the NATO air defense system

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Between January and August 1964, a research program was...

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How outdated WWII tactics and Soviet-manned SAMs led to the loss of 15 B-52s in Operation Linebacker II

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Seventy-five Airmen died supporting the operation, 33 of whom...

How the iconic F-105 Thunderchief became known affectionately as the “Thud”

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B-52 pilot recalls dogfights against US Navy F-14 fighters

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‘The F-14 Tomcat could sweep its wings forward to...

A fully loaded USAF F-4 Phantom II went inverted on a tanker at night in a thunderstorm

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The flight of three F-4 Phantom II fighter jets...

The North Vietnamese MiG-17 pilot who punched out when he found his opponent was an F-8 instead of an F-4

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B-52 pilot recalls dogfights against US Navy F-14 fighters

‘The F-14 Tomcat could sweep its wings forward to nearly seventy degrees from its swept-wing, high-speed configuration and match my best turn, which infuriated me,’...
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Why R2-D2, the SR-71 Astroinertial Navigation System, was essential for Blackbird missions

The SR-71 Blackbird Astroinertial Navigation System was affectionately called...
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The only U.S. RA-5C Vigilante navigator to escape captivity in North Vietnam

On Mar. 9, 1967, RVAH-13 RA-5C Vigilante reconnaissance/attack navigator...

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The low-level flight tactics devised to allow Soviet M-4 and 3M Bison bombers to penetrate the NATO air defense system

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Between January and August 1964, a research program was...

George ‘Bud’ Day, the first jet pilot to survive a ‘parachute-less’ ejection

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In the search for an appropriate call sign for...

F-14 and F/A-18 pilot prefers Tomcat in combat, and Hornet in peacetime

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The Tomcat Advancements during the Cold War in Soviet long-range...

B-52 pilot recalls dogfights against US Navy F-14 fighters

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‘The F-14 Tomcat could sweep its wings forward to...

An anti-submarine patrol to track a Soviet sub transiting from Murmansk to the Mediterranean Sea

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‘When we detected a Soviet submarine on the surface,...

The only SAM that had a chance to hit the Blackbird was a Nuclear S-300 fired ahead of the SR-71

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‘One of the real highlights of flying above Mach...

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The South Carolina ANG F-104 pilot who nearly intercepted a CIA U-2 and caused the replacement of SCANG Starfighters with F-102 Delta Daggers

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By 1963, the USAF had revised its plans for...

Why the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 German fighter aircraft caused stir in the RAF in 1941

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In September 1941, the Fw 190 entered combat over...

The ‘wrong’ MiG-29 Kill markings applied to USAF F-15C jets after Operation Allied Force

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The three 493rd FS “Grim Reaper” pilots that shot...

U.S. Navy recovers C-2A that fatally crashed in 2017 from 3 Miles Underwater

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The C-2A was recovered from near its crash site...