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Some F/A-18 drivers were routinely losing a 1v1 dogfight against an F-14 because they persisted in flying like a supersonic A-7
For much of the 1980s, the Navy Hornet community was still finding its way, struggling to decide whether it would be a fighter or...
The A-7 missions during the Korean Tree Incident that nearly started a nuclear war
The catalyst for this event was a seemingly innocuous plan to trim a tree that was blocking the view of a UN observation post...
During a typhoon, 35 planes (including F-4s, A-6s and A-7s) landed at night on a carrier
Each plane repeated this deadly drama. A few missed the wire and had to go around for a second attempt. But in the end,...
What made the iconic SLUF a great attack aircraft
What did the A-7 Corsair II have that gave it such a great combat record and a devoted pilot community, aka the “A-7 mafia”?...
The mock dogfight where a Phantom II fought alone against 4 hungry A-7 Corsair IIs and got waxed
Roger Ball!
He was the second of two children and was born on 25 January 1940 in Shandon Baptist Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. He,...