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The Star Wars Day image of an F-15 firing an ASM-135A ASAT at the Death Star highlights that the Eagle was the only U.S....

The ASM-135A carried by the Eagle was the only US air-launched missile ever to destroy a satellite, and the original image showing the F-15...

Major Rudolf Anderson’s U-2 shootdown during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Major Anderson promptly lost control of his disintegrating U-2, the wreckage of which came down near the village of Veguitas, with the pilot’s body...

Texaco! The Intruder as a Tanker

The presence of “Texaco” overhead was usually mandatory during cyclic night operations, and the tanker was almost always the last one aboard at the...

How the B-36 Peacemaker survived five cancellation attempts

It is interesting to note that the B-36 program might have been canceled at least five times during the big bomber’s career. It is...

North Vietnamese MiG-21s tasked with attacking USAF EB-66 electronic warfare aircraft

The VPAF’s determination to eliminate the highly disruptive effects of EB-66 jamming increased their efforts at interception. Air Defence Command gave the MiG-21 units...

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A-4 Scooter vs MiG-17 Fresco: America’s only Skyhawk air kill

The Navy’s F-4 and F-8 squadrons were the main...

F-15 vs F-14 vs CF-188: Eagle, Tomcat, and Canadian Hornet in dissimilar combat

Much was made of the F-15 Eagle’s prowess as...

KC-135Q crew flew through storm with frozen throttles to refuel SR-71

Because of the KC-135Q Stratotanker crews, an SR-71 Blackbird...

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