During the second half of 1955 the USAF had re-equipped their main strategic ELINT unit, the 55 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (SRW), based a Forbes AFB, Kansas, with the specially-modified RB-47H ...
Taken during the Package Q air strike into Baghdad on Jan. 19, 1991 the famous head-up display (HUD) video in this post features Emmett Tullia dodging 6 Iraqi SAMs with his F-16, callsign Stroke 3.
In an instant, US Air National Guard units around the nation switched from routine training to a real-world missions on Sep. 11, 2001. With few units assigned alert missions during the post-cold war ...
Advancements during the Cold War in Soviet long-range patrol and bomber aircraft dictated a requirement for a fleet defense fighter that could engage high-altitude bombers from well beyond visual ...
The F-22 Raptor defines air dominance. The 5th Generation F-22’s unique combination of stealth, speed, agility, and situational awareness, combined with lethal long-range air-to-air and air-to-ground ...
On Feb. 14, 1986 a 48-year old Pine Plains, N.Y. man received a most unusual Valentine’s Day flight – a new heart – courtesy of the 509th Bombardment Wing. The unique humanitarian mission was flown by ...
When working in Track-While-Scan mode, the AWG-9 emissions were difficult to identify for contemporary radar warning receivers, and thus warning of an attack undertaken by an F-14 Tomcat was minimal — ...
In the past 40 years, several jet-powered commercial airplanes have encountered clouds of volcanic ash and suffered damage as a result. In 1982, when Mount Galunggung volcano, Indonesia, erupted, ...
The Sukhoi Su-35 is a version of the Su-27 fighter jet that has been deeply modernized to achieve a significant increase in its combat effectiveness against aerial, ground, and sea-surface targets.
On Sep. 22, 1987, a US Navy F-14 Tomcat shot down a US Air Force (USAF) RF-4C Phantom II during NATO Exercise Display Determination 87 over the Mediterranean. The RF-4C was conducting a simulated ...
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater: it operates in an unforgiving, complex and highly pressurised environment. A submarine submerges by taking in ocean water into ...
Throughout its nearly 24-year career, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic reconnaissance aircraft remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. From 80,000 feet, it ...
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