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SR-71 Mach 3.22 mission over North Vietnam: Protecting B-52s from SA-2 missiles during Operation Linebacker II
Obliterating North Vietnamese military targets
From December 18 to 29, with Christmas Day as the only pause, B-52s flying from U-Tapao, Thailand, and Andersen Air...
Naval Aviator E. Royce Williams, Jr., managed to land an F-4 Phantom II with one engine on fire and the other flamed out
While engaging in combat maneuvers, both engines of the F-4 Phantom II suddenly shut down. When E. Royce Williams, Jr., attempted to get an...
Why “a mixed division of F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets was devastating in aerial engagements”
With its excellent fighter and self-defense capabilities, the F/A-18 simultaneously increased strike mission survivability and supplemented the F-14 Tomcat in fleet air defense.
In...
Adolf Tolkachev, the Phazotron Chief Designer who killed soviet aircraft’s reputation
In 1979, Adolf Georgievich Tolkachev, an electronics engineer who was working as one of the chief designers at the Phazotron Design Bureau, became disappointed...
When a P-3 pilot shut down 2 engines and flew a 13-hour anti-submarine patrol
‘We ended up extending our time at the station by almost four hours until the relief airplane arrived. Total flight time is almost thirteen...