MilitaryAVIATION WINGS
The SR-71 start cart (featuring 2 V8 engines) was used to wake up a maintainer
The Blackbird
Developed from the Lockheed A-12 and YF-12A aircraft,...
IIAF Commander explains why Iran picked the F-14 over the F-15
A requirement emerges
Much has been said, written, and debated...
Ex Tomcat RIO explains how a trained F-14 crew could face 5 F-4 Phantoms
“As the Phantom neared the end of twenty-five years...
When the IAF was embarrassed by a Syrian Air Force MiG-23 pilot’s defection to Israel
While the IAF was pleased to acquire the MiG-23,...
The US Navy A-4 pilot who fell asleep on a cross-country flight and was woken up by ATC
‘This one pilot had made the Yuma run in...
When Grumman flew F-14A No. 3 with the starboard wing locked fully forward and the port wing swept fully aft
The F-14 Tomcat
When it came to Cold War fighters...
Other stories...
North Vietnamese Air Defenses hit 2 Blackbird Mach 3 spy planes
How close did a Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane...
RAF Tornado F3 pilot tells the story of when he was near scrambled to intercept an Air France Concorde flying at Mach 1.6 over...
QRA launches were frequent to intercept Argentinian Boeing 707...
THAT TIME AN UNPILOTED F-106 INTERCEPTOR AUTONOMOUSLY LANDED IN A SNOW-COVERED FIELD
On Feb. 2, 1970 the F-106A (S/N 58-0787) flown...
While searching for a downed F-105 in Utah, an A-12 pilot came across a brothel with a runway
The Oxcart
The A-11 was a long-range, high-altitude aircraft that...