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Military History

On This Day In 1970 An F-4J Shot Down A North Vietnamese MiG-21. It Was The First Kill Scored By A Top Gun Graduate

The first time a Topgun graduate shot down a MiG. On Mar. 28, 1970, an F-4J Phantom II (BuNo 155875) belonging to VF-142 off the USS Constellation (CVA 64) aircraft…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 28, 2018
Military Aviation

Houthi Rebels Released FLIR Video Of Attempted Shoot Down Of UAE Air Force F-16E/F Block 60 Jets Over Yemen

Video allegedly shows two UAE Air Force F-16s targeted by Houthi Surface to Air Missiles. A composite video that includes FLIR footage allegedly showing the attempted shoot down of what…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 28, 2018
Military Aviation

Combat Aircraft from Israel, UAE, Greece, Italy, UK and U.S. Take Part in Ex. “INIOCHOS 2018”

From Greece with love. Exercise "INIOCHOS" is a yearly medium-scale exercise hosted by the Hellenic Air Force at the facilities of the Air Tactics Center at Andravida Air Base, located…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 27, 2018
Troubled Areas

Videos Show Malfunctioning Saudi Patriot Missile Fired To Intercept Houthi SRBM Hitting Capital City Riyadh Instead

It looks like two Saudi Patriots failed tonight... Saudi Patriot PAC-2 SAM battery in Riyadh fired MIM-104C Surface to Air Missiles at a Burkan 2-H SRBM (Short Range Ballistic Missile)…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 26, 2018
Aviation Safety

Photos Of Pilot Ejecting From an F-8D Over the South China Sea in 1965 Became Some Of The Most Famous Crusader Shots Of The Vietnam War

The ejection from an F-8D Crusader as seen from an RF-8 photo bird. The photos showing a pilot ejecting from a VF-154 F-8D on Oct. 14, 1965 are particularly famous,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
March 25, 2018
Military Aviation

Vipers, Fulcrums and Fitters: Tactical Exercise at Poznan-Krzesiny Airbase

We attended a tactical exercise of the Polish Air Force involving all fast jet types that remain in the service. F-16s and MiG-29s were tasked with providing fighter escort for…

Jacek Siminski Jacek Siminski
March 25, 2018
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