Tag: Cold War

OTD in 1961: ‘Tsar Bomba’, The Terrifying 50-Megaton Mega-Bomb Was Detonated.

Tsar Bomba Was the Largest Hydrogen Bomb Detonated in History, and It…

Shot Down 60 Years Ago Today: We Visit Gary Powers U-2 In Moscow Now.

U-2 Wreckage Is Haunting Insight Into The Cold War, Shows How Far…

Here are Some Great Aviation Book Recommendations for the COVID-19 Quarantine.

Here is what The Aviationist  Suggests You to Read During the Quarantine,…

We Visit the Last Surviving Titan II Missile Silo in a Flashback to the Cold War

Arizona’s Remote Titan Missile Museum is a Rare Gem of Cold War…

That Time the Luftwaffe Experimented with a Rocket-Launched F-104G Starfighter

"Zero Length Launch" Was Tested in Germany on an F-104G. Here’s the…

“We Did Barrel Rolls Around Tu-95s At The Request Of The Soviets”: USAF F-4 WSO Explains

Here are some memories from the Weapon Systems Officer who shot the…