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Legendary Israeli Fighter Ace Giora Epstein died at 87

The world's highest-scoring jet fighter pilot served Israel for three decades, achieving 17 confirmed aerial victories Brigadier General (Reserves) Giora Epstein, the world's highest-scoring fighter...

Legendary Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell dies at 97

Space Pioneer Known for "Houston, we have a problem" Legacy Passes Away Renowned Apollo astronaut Captain Jim Lovell died on August 7, 2025, in Lake...

An SR-71 pilot hit the afterburners and did a flyby of the tower of Sacramento airport

‘The tower controller said, “Beautiful, beautiful, come back and do another one.” I said, ‘I better not; I’m gonna go to Beale.’ Maury Rosenberg,...

The letter signed by a VIP that granted extra help to an SR-71 crew after an emergency landing in South Korea

“I gave an envelope to the base commander… I was instructed to give this envelope out if we were ever in a tight spot...

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...

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George ‘Bud’ Day, the first jet pilot to survive a ‘parachute-less’ ejection

In the search for an appropriate call sign for...

Cobra vs Apache: Two of the world’s premier attack helicopters

Firepower, speed, logistics, and doctrine—how the AH-1Z Viper and...

The Fiat G.91R fighter bombers operated by the Portuguese Air Force in Angola

None of the Fiat G.91R fighter bombers were deployed...

How outdated WWII tactics and Soviet-manned SAMs led to the loss of 15 B-52s in Operation Linebacker II

Seventy-five Airmen died supporting the operation, 33 of whom...

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