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Project Featherduster proved the F-104 could have been a better MiG killer than the F-4C, F-105D, and F-100D
Pilots flying the F-86H in the role of the MiG-17 found that the F-104 was the most challenging of all these adversary fighters, even...
The F-104 wasn’t the only “Widow Maker.” The MiG-19, MiG-21 and F-100 had high accident rates too
The F-104 was not the only fighter aircraft to have a high accident rate during the Cold War.
The first sleek, futuristic F-104 Starfighter...
When an F-104 pilot and his wingman scored five simulated kills against an F-15B Eagle in a single training mission
“The result was the two Fox-1s and three unobserved gun kills by us. They had no valid shots.” Andy Bush, former F-104 Starfighter pilot
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The South Carolina ANG F-104 pilot who nearly intercepted a CIA U-2 and caused the replacement of SCANG Starfighters with F-102 Delta Daggers
By 1963, the USAF had revised its plans for the F-104, cutting its initial orders for 722 jets down to 296. It also decided...
Former Royal Norwegian Air Force F-104 pilot talks about an exciting MiG-25 intercept
‘I arrived directly underneath the contact at 36,000ft and Mach 0.96. I could not believe my eyes: Was it really a Foxbat: Yes it...