The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft. The P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers …
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The plane had been used for 20 years, but it had never suffered a single accident before, so the cabin crew had no doubts the flight would be easy. Passengers got on board the plane; flight attendants nonchalantly checked their boarding passes; everything went as usual. The first pilot greeted …
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Col. Richard H. Graham a former Blackbird pilot, explains in his book why the SR-71 Blackbird had to refuel after takeoff Actually, most SR-71’s operational sorties started off with a refueling after takeoff. “Many people believe we refueled after takeoff because the aircraft leaked fuel so profusely that we needed …
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Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer famous known for Top Gun famous movies from back in the 80s. Top Gun sequel dubbed Top Gun: “Maverick” filming is underway right now. A lot of Rumors are circulating regarding which Aircraft Tom Cruise will fly in the movie Paramount Pictures …
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According to Military watch magazine China claims to have created a high-end Divine Eagle drone, reportedly conceptualized specifically to neutralize the United States military’s growing number of stealth Fighter and bombers Aircraft such as the F-35, F-22, and B-2 which are deploying to Northeast Asia in fast-growing numbers. Under development …
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In 1967 the NASA intiated an ambitious “coldwall” research project supported by Langley Research Center. In the project, NASA YF-12s flew carrying the so-called ”coldwall” heat transfer pod on a pylon beneath the forward fuselage to Sustained heat produced by cruising at Mach 3 A stainless steel tube equipped with …
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Tensions between Washington and Tehran remain high as the US Navy carrier strike group and US Air Force bombers deployed to the Middle East to counter Iran conducted simulated strike drills The US began deploying numerous troops and military assets to the US Central Command area of responsibility last month …
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The SR-71 Blackbird Pilot Maury Rosenberg shares the story of buzzing the Commercial Airport tower just Like Tom Cruise Did In ‘Top Gun’ movie In the video below pilot talks about the one time he decided to request a “fly-by” over the Sacramento airport on his way return to Beale …
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On Jan. 31, 1986 Captain Mikhail Myagkiy claims to Achieve a RADAR lock on SR-71 Blackbird while participating in Peacetime Aerial Reconnaissance Operations Program (PAROP) missions to the Barents Sea area. Here is our previous article, retired Soviet MiG-31 pilot Major Mikhail Myagkiy share details how he was able to …
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The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft throughout its nearly 24-year career. From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth’s surface per hour. And in the off chance, that an enemy tried to shoot it down with …
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