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You might have Wondered what the hell is this green thing parked in a Russian airfield? It’s a snowblower. Or better said, a snow melter. The ones above use Klimov VK-1 engines from Mig-15 planes. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a jet fighter aircraft developed during the Soviet Union Era. Soviet …

On May 10, 1972 Lt. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, flying an F-4J Phantom from VF-96 Fighting Falcons (callsign “Showtime 100”) off the carrier USS Constellation (CV-64), was returning from a flak suppression mission over Haiphong, North Vietnam. In Cunningham’s back seat was Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Willie Driscoll. After the strike …