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Colonel Thomas S. Pugh was selected for the SR-71 program and was transferred to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing in 1969. While assigned as an SR-71 pilot in both the 99th and the 1st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadrons, he performed worldwide reconnaissance missions from overseas locations. He was selected for duty in …

In this article, we will share with you the story of U.S. Air Force F-4G Wild Weasel that blew apart a B-52 Bomber Tail in a Friendly Fire Incident In the early 1990s During Operation Desert Storm, One of America’s B-52Gs, serial number 58-0248 was conducting a nighttime raid deep …

In aviation history, a number of pilots from various nations defected with their aircraft to other countries due to many reasons Here Ron Wagner, a Former U.S. Air Force pilot at Andrews AFB, on Quora that What prevents fighter pilots from stealing their aircraft and selling it to a foreign …

The U.S. Air Force’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida is one of those places where you can literally create ice storms and sandstorms to test the durability of aircraft The U.S. Air Force 46th Test Wing’s McKinley’s Climatic Laboratory at the Eglin Air Force Base, …

In this Article, we will share a story on How F-14 Tomcat & F-15 Eagle fighter jets were able to achieve a simulated KILLS against the SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 Spy Plane A former Blackbird driver Col. Richard H. Graham, USAF (Ret.), tells in his book The Complete Book of …

F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet First flown in 1972 – back, when the Vietnam War was still raging the “Eagle”, had lately seemed too old, too last-century, to compete for sales against modern counterparts, notably the Lockheed Martin F-35. Boeing warned on several occasions that its assembly line for the type …

In this Article, we will share with you the story of the rogue B-52 pilot who crashed his bomber after manoeuvring it beyond its operational limits at low altitude Jay Lacklen is a former B-52 pilot with 12,500 flying hours and the author of two books, Flying the Line: An Air Force …

U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jets supported by an E-3 Sentry aircraft intercepted Russian Tu-95 bombers and Su-35 jet fighters in international airspace off the coast of Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement. Russian strategic bombers with fighter escorts twice tested US air defenses in …

In this article, we will share with you the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that made an emergency landing in Norway after spying over Murmansk Lieutenant Colonel Bredette (BC) Thomas tells the story of the infamous SR-71 Emergency Landing in Norway. The Blackbird was crewed by BC Thomas himself and Lieutenant …

The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), often called The Boneyard currently stores more than 4,400 aircraft and 13 aerospace vehicles which Could make it the Second Largest AIR FORCE In The World (with USAF ranking at number one). It is a United States Air Force aircraft and missile …