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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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The story of the mission to rescue an F-14 Tomcat pilot behind the enemy lines in Iraq

April 28, 2015 Dario Leone

The story of the first Combat SAR (Search And Rescue) mission behind enemy lines since Vietnam. One of the most famous missions flew during the Operation Desert Storm was the Combat SAR sortie performed by A-10s Sandys […]

Military Aviation

How a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle shot down an Iraqi Mig-23 Flogger during Desert Storm

January 29, 2014 Dario Leone

Developed at the end of the 1960s to be the best air superiority fighter in the world, the F-15 proved to be a real MiG Killer during the Operation Desert Storm scoring most of the […]

Military History

This photo shows the first combat rescue behind enemy lines in Iraq

January 21, 2014 David Cenciotti

The image above was taken from an MH-53J from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, piloted by Capt. Thomas Trask, during the first Combat SAR (Search And Rescue) mission behind the enemy lines since Vietnam. The […]

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