F-86 pilots routinely returned from missions with their gun camera film showing kills made over Manchuria, but they were denied credit for them. The first conflict in which jets fought…
‘We are supersonic and still accelerating, the maniacal engines will not be denied. With nothing else to do, I watch the Mach meter unwind; I want to see a number…
One of the first ever laser-guided bomb runs during the Vietnam War
‘A 2,000-pound bomb impacted exactly in the center of the gun pit, vaporizing the gun, the stored ammunition, and the unlucky human gunners. I am amazed. The Paveway actually works.…
SK 37E Viggen landing, reversing, and taking off in the opposite direction
What makes this clip unique is that at 06:31 the SK 37E lands, reverses, and takes off in the opposite direction. Quite unusual for a fighter bomber! The Swedish Air Force…
On several missions, F-117 pilots saw spectacular explosions in the distance, with some being so impressive that they resembled a nuclear mushroom cloud. The result of the USAF’s Have Blue…
When an F-4 Phantom II “Protected” an SR-71 from a meteor attack
‘This rock is going God only knows how fast and is fifty miles straight up. If I can’t shoot down an SR-71, how in hell am I going to even…
A quick look at Algerian Foxbats: the only MiG-25 Fighters to Take Part in NATO Exercises
Having signed a contract in 1978, Algeria was the first export customer for MiG-25 Foxbat. MiG-25PDs are still operational today. Algeria was the first export customer for the MiG-25 (ASCC/NATO…
Ex Northrop Grumman Vice President explaining why the F-14 Tomcat was the Ultimate Fighter
“We split S to the deck and was cruising in Mil power doing about 550 KTS when I got tally on an F-15 aggressor at our 3 O-clock /~4-5miles trying…
LTJG Al Crebo wasn’t able to get his stricken A-4E back aboard USS Bon Homme Richard but it did keep flying long enough for him to get back out over…
Iraqi Mirage F.1EQ-5 landed in Saudi Arabia after Iranian F-14A hit it
The Iraqi said that their Mirage F.1EQ-5 was hit by a ‘Strela’ MANPAD, fired by the IRGC: actually, there was no MANPAD: it was an AIM-7E fired by an F-14A,…