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Delta Force operator aboard EC-130E hit by RH-53 in Operation Eagle Claw recalls the ill-fated bid to end the Iran hostage crisis
‘Then “bang,” I heard a noise from the front port side. The helicopter first hit our vertical stabilizer, then the propellers of engines number...
When a USAF F-102 pilot was left alone in the cockpit of a KC-135
‘So... there I was, the only pilot in the cockpit, and I had never piloted a KC-135 before!’ Roger Daisley, former F-102 pilot.
‘During...
The SR-71 #955: the first Blackbird to use the ASARS to photograph Soviet Submarines
SR-71 #955 was a test bird destined to spend her flying career in the US, primarily in Southern California. But this Blackbird had a...
The Israeli Air Force A-4’s “Barrel”: the Yom Kippur War-era modification that extended the Skyhawk’s nozzle
This slight shift farther back from the missile’s normal ‘hot’ aiming point actually made the difference in the two aircraft's survivability
For more than...
The slowest speed ever recorded by an SR-71
When talking about the “Blackbird family,” probably the most frequently asked Blackbird question is how high and how fast it really flies. But what...