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The final aerial victory of the European Air War on May 8, 1945

There are multiple reports of the aerial combats between American and Soviet aircraft on May 8 and thereafter. After Adolf Hitler died by suicide on...

Ex-Pakistan Air Force pilot, awarded for claiming 3 alleged victories during the Six-Day War, passed away

In the June 1967 War, Saif ul-Azam claimed and received credit for shooting down three Israeli jets. But his statements continue to be "unclear." Saif...

Crossbows, Big Bens and Divers: a quick look at Allied Operations against Hitler’s V-Weapons

In July and August 1944 approximately 30 percent of RAF Bomber Command sorties and tonnage was directed against V-1 and V-2 sites, as was...

Luftwaffe fighter pilot Werner Mölders, who developed the finger-four formation

His innovative strategies had such a profound effect that eventually all of the participating air forces in World War II adopted his pair system,...

Why Hitler’s bombardment of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War was his greatest success

The world believed that the Luftwaffe could easily burn down entire cities as a result of the greatly inflated tales of the bombing, which...

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Why the F-4 Phantom is a former US Naval Aviator’s favorite aircraft

‘Although some thought it “ugly”, and it had a...

Sikorsky-Bell V-280 Valor Wins US Army FLRAA Competition Over Sikorsky Defiant XSikorsky

The Bell V-280 defeated the Sikorsky Defiant X in...

Why the F-15 radar couldn’t see the Blackbird during Eagle Bait sorties

‘One of the interesting discoveries from the Eagle Bait...

Why even though the Blackbird could attain Mach 3.5, serious damage to the aircraft might occur

‘The SR-71 could attain Mach 3.5, but the aircraft...

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