MiG-21 No.4326, which shot down 13 aircraft during the war – Pacific Aviation Museum – SolsticeMiGsmall Uploaded by High Contrast Militaries in the world want to keep an edge on the battlefields, so they have to operate the newest and the most advanced tech available. But sometimes that is simply not possible. Budgets might …
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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 …
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The blurry photograph in the post shows an F-4 Phantom flying inverted during an intercept/escort mission on a Russian Tu-95 Bear. The image brought to mind one of the most famous scenes in the Top Gun movie. The photograph was shot by Robert M. Sihler, who was so kind to …
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Speed and agility are decisive advantages in any form of aerial dominance. An airspeed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class. Modern Fighter jets operate at supersonic speed Supersonic travel is a rate of travel of an object that exceeds the speed of sound. …
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