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Vulcan was one of 3 V-bombers of the RAF. Avro wanted to call it “Ottawa.”
‘While I am extremely proud to call myself an Ottawan, I am the first person to say, “What were they thinking?”’ Dave O’Malley
Dave O’Malley...
Soviets never received any (Iranian) Tomcat but they published this F-14 “booklet”
The Soviets did not need to ‘steal’ or ‘get’ any Tomcats: obtaining quite good intel on the F-14—from the USA—proved quite easy for the...
How an IRIAF F-14 pilot was able to dodge 20 Matra missiles by Iraqi fighter jets
“I called the ground radar but didn’t receive a reply. I tried again and still got no reply. After my third call, the operator...
The unusual encounter of a S-3 Viking SENSO with a Soviet Submarine
The S-3 Viking operated day and night from big-deck carriers to track Soviet submarines during the Cold War.
The Lockheed S-3A Viking, the final carrier-based...
When US Navy F-4s scored kills against brand-new USAF F-15s in mock air combat
Holloman had just received the new F-15A Eagle and didn’t know how to use it yet. Thus, the old hats in the F-4s cleaned...