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When MH-47 Chinooks Night Stalkers stole a Libyan Air Force Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter

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The US Army OV-1 pilot who shot down a North Vietnamese MiG-17

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The OV-1 Mohawk achieved the only US Army air-to-air...

How a Rogue B-52 pilot exposed leadership failure at Fairchild AFB

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The 1994 crash that changed Air Force safety policy On...

When a rocket-booster-equipped Mirage III buzzed a U-2 flying at 65,000ft during a mission for monitoring France’s nuclear facilities

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How a Rogue B-52 pilot exposed leadership failure at Fairchild AFB

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The F-4 Kurnass: Israel’s Phantom Fighter in the Yom Kippur War

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Legendary F4U Corsair: carrier troubles, USMC’s primary WWII fighter

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XA897, the first Vulcan B1 supplied to the Royal Air Force, crashed in a contentious manner

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The story behind the video of the infamous B-36 Peacemaker ‘Buzz Job’ over Fort Worth Neighborhood

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This Incredible Photo of a B-52 Engine Starting to disintegrate Clearly Shows Why the Mighty BUFF Needs New Engines

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A B-52 flight instructor reaches a milestone of 10,000 hours

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The pilot who killed the SR-71 program because he was turned down to fly the Blackbird

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The SR-71 The SR-71, commonly referred to as the “Blackbird,”...

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