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This Awesome Video Of A General Electric J79 Engine Shows The Theory Behind Afterburners And Variable Exhaust Nozzles

September 14, 2019 David Cenciotti

This is how one of the most famous jet engines works. Videos like the one below are interesting for several different reasons. They show the raw power of a jet engine working at different throttle/thrust […]

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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

March 28, 2018 David Cenciotti

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 carrier shot down a North […]

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Operation Bolo: how U.S. F-4C Phantoms disguised as F-105 bombers set a trap for North Vietnam’s MiG-21s

October 9, 2014 Dario Leone

The famous mission planned to lure North Vietnamese MiGs into air-to-air combat. During the last months of 1966 the North Vietnamese MiG-21s from Phuc Yen airfield claimed several victories against the American F-105 fighter bombers […]

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Year 2013 in review through The Aviationist’s Top 5 articles

December 27, 2013 David Cenciotti

The five top stories of The Aviationist provide the readers the opportunity to virtually review the year that is coming to an end. Ordered chronologically, these posts got the most pageviews (out of about 8.5 […]

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Sea Harrier, The Forgotten Hero That Won The War In The Falklands.

May 22, 2012 Richard Clements

The SHAR was a truly multi role aircraft that could perform air-to-air combat and ground attack and reconnaissance. First air-to-air engagement took place on the morning of May 1, 1982. Known by its pilots as […]

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