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How Operation Allied Force’s Serbs managed to shoot down an F-117 Stealth Fighter

‘How were the Serbs able to shoot down an F-117 stealth aircraft? Through a combination of Complacency, Strategy, and Luck,’ Chris Morehouse, Aerospace Engineer at U.S. Air Force. The F-117A...

Members of the B-52 crew who took part in Operation Secret Squirrel commemorated the 29th anniversary

The B-52 took part in Operation Secret Squirrel for the first time since the Vietnam War. By disrupting the Iraqi military's ability to communicate...

The aircraft used in Operation Red Wings – what made them ideal for the task at hand?

Operation Red Wings was a military operation launched in 2005 by the United States Armed Forces. The goal of the mission was to capture...

The different aircraft used in Operation Magic Carpet

Bristol Britannia The Britannia was a passenger plane built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was first flown in 1952 and was in service with...

Operation Secret Squirrel was covered in depth by the Barksdale Panel.

The Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile was used in this 35-hour mission under the codename Operation Senior Surprise, also known as Secret Squirrel The crews...

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Why, if Phantom II was built by Grumman instead of McDonnell Douglas, it would have been a better aircraft

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Designed initially as a high-altitude interceptor, the...

Navy A-4 pilot recalls a WWI biplane simulated an attack on his Skyhawk

“Aeroplanes” When World War I broke out in July 1914,...

The ‘left afterburner technique’ and SR-71 air refueling challenges

The SR-71 needed to be refueled approximately every hour....

The navigator’s station in the Canberra PR.9 was one of the least comfortable crew positions ever designed

Replacement for RAF photo-reconnaissance Mosquito aircraft The English Electric Canberra...

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