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B-17 Nine-O-Nine Crash at Bradley Airport (2019)

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B-17 Nine-O-Nine Crash at Bradley Airport (2019)

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Flying Fortress design error: 400 B-17s crashed due to confusing controls

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How Swedish JA-37 Viggen fighters protected a crippled SR-71 Blackbird from Soviet MiG-25 interceptors

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The first Tupolev Tu-114 flight to America took place during Khrushchev’s 1959 visit to Washington

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James Stockdale, the naval aviator who badly wounded himself to show the North Vietnamese he would die rather than yield to their demands

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Hellenic Air Force pilot killed in Mirage 2000-5 crash occurred after mock dogfight with Turkish fighters

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During Korean War, Soviets stole and transported an F-86 Sabre to Moscow

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Avro Vulcan VX770 disintegrating during fast pass at RAF Syerston in 1958

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The U-2 that crashed in Bolivia after its pilot died of hypoxia over Cuba, after US F-4s failed to shoot it down

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