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Operation El Dorado Canyon, a long-range F-111 strike mission that destroyed Libyan terrorist training camps

Operation El Dorado Canyon, the Air Force's longest combat mission flown by a tactical aircraft at the time, was hailed as a triumph On April...

When NASA had to borrow U-2/SR-71 “yellow” Pressure Suits

A flaw was found in the batch of suits NASA was producing for the pilots before the launch of Columbia on the first shuttle...

When the Luftwaffe called the F-104 Starfighter “Widow maker”

When four F-104s were training for the type's "introduction-into-service" demonstration in June 1962 and crashed in formation, killing all four pilots, it was a...

Hill AFB said goodbye to Viper as it celebrates 40 years of F-16 combat operations

The F-16 program changed the fighter forces of the USAF The 388th Fighter Wing (FW), now better known as the Viper, was to be the...

The “Black Jet” finale, when the USAF retired the F-117 Nighthawk

The F-117, which was hailed as the first airplane in the world to deploy stealth technology, never ceases to amaze and confound anybody who...

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When a Soviet MiG-23 pilot asked an SR-71 pilot to bring his Blackbird to Vladivostok as a gesture of peaceful relationship

The world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft Throughout its nearly...

How the F-111B’s death led to the birth of the legendary F-14

F-111B vs. F-14 The Navy’s effort to acquire an advanced...

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

The Flying Fortress is one of the most famous...

Emergency Blows and Periscope Surprises

Former US Navy submariners recall the thrill of an...

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