On the morning of Jan. 17, 1991 — the first night of Operation Desert Storm — the U.S. Navy suffered its first loss of the conflict, when Lt. Cmdr Scott Speicher was shot down in his McDonnell F/A-18C Hornet, bureau number 163484, around 100 miles west of Baghdad. Operation Desert Storm, popularly known as …
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When US Air force ejected drugged BEARS from world’s first supersonic jet bomber
On Mar. 21, 1962, a B-58 Hustler from the U.S. Air Force erupted in flames as a large, bright red capsule shot out of it, carrying a passenger to safety. But the passenger wasn’t a pilot, and the plane wasn’t crashing. The event was a test of the B-58’s experimental …
Read More »Mysterious USS Iowa explosion that killed 47 sailors 30 years ago
On 19 April 1989, the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) exploded. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret’s crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. On April 19, 1989, the day of the blast, the …
Read More »Doolittle Raid: When United States Unleashed B-25 Bombers on Japan in First Victory Of WWII
On April 18th, 1942, less than four months after the attacked Pearl Harbor the United States was about to launch their first offensive against the Japanese. Leading this incredibly dangerous mission into unknown territory was the legendary Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle. He assembled the finest B-25 Mitchells crews went through …
Read More »Last of WW2 ‘Doolittle Raiders’ Dick Cole, Dies at 103
Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, the last surviving member of the Doolittle Raiders who rallied the nation’s spirit during the darkest days of World War II, has passed away. Tom Casey, president of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Association, confirmed to Air Force Times that Cole died Tuesday morning in San …
Read More »The Story of USAF pilots Who Lost Their Lives in F-111 shot down during Operation El Dorado Canyon
The sad story of two USAF pilots Who Lost Their Lives in F-111 shot down during Operation El Dorado Canyon On Apr. 14, 1986, at 5:13 p.m., U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-111F Aardvarks from the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) took off from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath on the …
Read More »How Pussy Galore marking painted on F-105D helped tanker crew in Aerial refueling
F-105 Pussy Galore was aircraft flown by Captain Victor “Vic” Vizcarra. One of the most famous, or infamous, depending on your point of view, F-105D was known as Pussy Galore. According to an interesting post appeared on Reddit, the original Pussy Galore I marking was painted in July 1965. The idea …
Read More »Watch: Three Military Aircraft That Flew Themselves – Landed After Pilot Ejection
Among the strangest mishaps in aviation are those where the plane makes off without a pilot. Here 3 historic events in which plane flew itself after pilot ejection 1) 1989 Belgium MiG-23 crash On 4 July 1989, a pilotless MiG-23 jet fighter of the Soviet Air Forces crashed into …
Read More »The story of F-14 Driver who scored 2 simulated gun kills on 3 USAF F-15s for 2 times in the same mission
As explained by Alvin Towley in his book Fly Navy: Discovering the Extraordinary People and Enduring Spirit of Naval Aviation, Joe “Hoser” Satrapa was set to duel two versus two with a pair of U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15 Eagles On the tarmac, Hoser’s wingman had mechanical trouble and couldn’t …
Read More »Stealth Defeated: That Day Serbs Shot Down An F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft
The F-117 Nighthawk is the ultimate stealth fighter, virtually undetectable to radar. But on a bombing raid over Belgrade in 1999, Colonel Dale Zelko is shocked to see two missiles locked in on his plane. On 27 March 1999, the 3rd Battalion of the 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade of …
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