History

In this article, we will share with you the details of the 1981 Muñiz Air National Guard Base attack in which eight USAF A-7 attack jets were destroyed. On January 12, 1981, 40 years ago, 11 commandos from a Puerto Rican separatist organization broke through the perimeter fence at Muñiz …

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1961 with the Navy. The F-4 Phantom II remained in service till 1996. As of 2020, 62 …

Indonesia Hawk 209 on a training sortie over Banda Aceh iEPA picn 2018 – Credits: on September 16, 1999, a close encounter between Indonesian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force allegedly occurred that could have potentially led to a deadly aerial encounter between an Australian F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter …

“Goldhaube” radar plotting – flight paths from Friday, October 18, 2002, 3: 03-3: 10 p.m. – Graphic: Armed Forces An unusual story has surfaced involving the U.S. Air Force F-117s Stealth Fighter aircraft, and a little bit of trickery. The story dates back to Oct. 18, 2002, when the USAF …

As told by Shlomo Aloni in his book Israeli F-4 Phantom II Aces, on Oct. 6. 1973, the first day of the Yom Kippur War, the Kurnass community was faced with an unorthodox challenge. It was dusk when F-4 crews were given the task of intercepting low- and slow-flying Egyptian …

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world’s fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird’s performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War. When the Blackbird …

Air IndIa Flight 182 – Credits: Oṅkâra Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal–London–Delhi route. On 23 June 1985 it was operated using Boeing 747-237B registered VT-EFO. It disintegrated in midair en route from Montreal to London, at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9,400 …

Credits: Pakistan Airforce 8-Pass Charlie was the codename of an unknown Pakistan Air Force B-57 bomber ace pilot who raided the Adampur airbase of the Indian Air Force in Indian Punjab a number of times during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 notably starting the series of raids on the base …

The BOMARC missile (Photo: U.S. Air Force) At the height of the Cold War, the United States was deploying nuclear weapons all around the country, ready to launch at a moment’s notice. While the missiles were never used to strike a foreign target, one did explode in its New Jersey …

An Indian Air Force MiG-25 | Official IAF Twitter handle A sonic boom is a loud sound kind of like an explosion. It’s caused by shock waves created by any object that travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms create huge amounts of sound energy. According to …