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How outdated WWII tactics and Soviet-manned SAMs led to the loss of 15 B-52s in Operation Linebacker II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