Left: Empire State Building aerial view credits Sam Valadi | Right: The B-2 bomber flying over downtown San Antonio Nov. 5, 2009 credits U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung On July 28, 1945, the bustling streets of New York City were abruptly silenced as a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber, on …
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The Untold Story of U.S. Military Weird Flying Platforms
In the midst of the 1950s, a fervent era of technological advancement gripped the U.S. military. Jet engines roared, helicopters dotted the skies, and the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, sailed the seas. President Eisenhower’s Massive Retaliation doctrine loomed, threatening the possibility of a nuclear battleground. In this turbulent …
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Credits: TeamBHP.com In the waning days of the Iran-Iraq War, the Soviet Air Force dispatched advanced MiG-25 variants to Iraqi territory for a critical assessment against Iran’s fortified American-supplied defenses. While the Foxbat’s conventional tactics relied on speed and altitude, the new MiG-25BM prioritized electronic warfare to weaken enemy positions. …
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E-3009Y F-104A (Serial # 55-2961) on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB. July 9, 1957 NASA Photo & F-104 Project Description – NASA Identifier: 306433main_E-3009 On Aug. 1, 1966, the USAF F-104 Starfighter fleet saw some of its worst losses in the Vietnam War, with a pair of 435th Fighter …
Read More »When French Air Force Destroyed Entire Ivorian Air Force
Credits: Unknown via Tom Antonov In 2004, an armed conflict took place between France and Côte d’Ivoire in which French Airforce destroyed entire Ivorian Airforce. On 6 November 2004, Ivorians launched an air attack on French peacekeepers in the northern part of Côte d’Ivoire who were stationed there as part …
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During a tour of duty on Yankee Station an A-7 Corsair II from USS Kitty Hawk mistakenly landed on USS Hancock. ‘During a tour of duty on Yankee Station in the 1970s, an A-7 pilot from one of the KITTY HAWK’s air wing entered the landing pattern of HANCOCK, a much smaller …
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F-15Cs from the 122nd Fighter Squadron of the 159th Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, take off from Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho on July 27, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John Winn) A number of pilots from various nations defected with …
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A U.S. Naval Air Reserve McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II aircraft lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) on 18 October 1986. Credits: Camera Operator: AE3 Jeff Miller, USN The F/A-18 was designed to be a highly versatile aircraft due to its avionics, cockpit displays, and excellent aerodynamic characteristics, …
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Artwork Located: Officer’s Mess Headquarters 10 Corps Pakistan Air Force Warrant Officer Muhammad Ghazanfar Cpl Tech(at that time) Muhammad Gazanfar was serving in PAF No 243 Sqn, under the mobile observer wing. He was sent to Bahawalnagar in the 1971 war. His duty was to keep eyes in the sky …
Read More »When a USAF B-52D Bomber Crashed With Two live Nuclear Bombs In Savage Mountain
Image Credits: Buzz One Four documentary film by Matt McCormick Via Youtube On 13 January 1964, USAF B-52D Stratofortress Callsign “Buzz 14” crashed with two live, 9 mega-ton B53 thermonuclear bombs at Savage Mountain, Garrett County (near Frostburg, Maryland). 1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash The B-52D was returning to Georgia from Massachusetts …
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