MilitaryAVIATION WINGS
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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US Navy F-14 Pilot explains how he was able to Land his Tomcat Without Canopy after his Backseater erroneously Bailed Out
The incredible photos in this post show an F-14...
The legendary SR-71’s first pilot, Bob Gilliland
On December 22, 1964, Bob Gilliland performed the illustrious...
B-1B Instrument Flight Controls Specialist recalls when a Lancer Weapons Crew was crushed between B-1B’s Bomb Bay Doors (Luckily, he survived the incident)
The B-1A
The B-1A was initially developed in the 1970s...
An ex-B-52 pilot describes a terrifying bomb run during the Vietnam War
“Then the bomb run began in the early morning...