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How A U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat Shot Down An Iraqi Mi-8 Hip Helicopter During Operation Desert Storm

February 6, 2016 Dario Leone

The story of the only air-to-air kill achieved by the F-14 Tomcat during Operation Desert Storm. Even though the F-14 Tomcat scored only one air-to-air kill during the Gulf War in the form of an Iraqi […]

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No, the withdrawal of U.S. F-15s from Turkey doesn’t mean NATO is leaving one of its members alone

December 21, 2015 Dario Leone

The U.S. has withdrawn twelve F-15 fighter jets from Turkey but new NATO assets are on the way. On Dec. 16, the U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles and Strike Eagles that were moved to Incirlik […]

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Impressive previously unreleased footage shows how two F-14 Tomcats shot down two Gaddafi’s MiG-23s

October 31, 2015 Dario Leone

Watch the full declassified footage of the second Gulf of Sidra Incident. After two F-14As from VF-41 Black Aces shot down two Su-22 Fitters on Aug. 19, 1981, the Tomcat faced again LARAF (Libyan Arab Republic […]

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Russian Su-30SM, Su-24 violate Turkish airspace. Flanker locks on TuAF F-16 for +5 minutes

October 5, 2015 David Cenciotti

It looks like a Sukhoi Su-30SM deployed to Syria has had a close encounter with Turkish Air Force F-16s past the Syria-Turkey border. Russian planes deployed to Syria violated the Turkish airspace twice in the […]

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The story of an F-14 Tomcat RIO Who Became POW During the First Gulf War

May 25, 2015 Dario Leone

The dramatic story of Lt. Lawrence Slade, a US Navy Tomcat RIO who became POW (Prisoner Of War) during Operation Desert Storm. As we have recently explained, in the early morning of Jan. 21, 1991, […]

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