Cuban Missile Crisis – The Aviationist

How three different versions of the F-101 Voodoo played a crucial role in the Cuban Missile Crisis

June 20, 2014 Dario Leone 4

Born as a long range escort fighter for U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombers, the McDonnell F-101 was developed in several versions. Both were involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis. The McDonnell F-101 […]

[Special Feature] World’s first nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise retires. For the moment.

December 1, 2012 David Cenciotti 4

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was inactivated on Dec. 1 after 5 decades of service. From her commissioning as the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft carrier in November of 1961 to her final deployment ending November 2012, […]

U-2 reconnaissance flights and B-52 nuclear deterrence missions during the Cuban Missile Crisis

October 30, 2012 Richard Clements 6

On Oct. 14 1962, a U-2 spyplane took a reconnaissance flight over Western Cuba which set the world on a road that took it close to nuclear Armageddon. The whole saga began some two years […]

Airspace violations – Episode 5

March 2, 2010 David Cenciotti 0

“Dragon Lady 360 missing” On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, near the city of Sverdlovsk. This episode is remembered as the most famous aerial incident […]