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Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid: how the USMC RF-4Bs performed the reconnaissance mission during the Vietnam War

December 26, 2015 Dario Leone

The story of the risky recce sorties flown by the USMC Phantoms over Vietnam. The reconnaissance Phantom was initially developed in two different versions: the RF-4C for the U.S. Air Force and the RF-4B for the U.S. Marine Corps, […]

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Rare video shows an F-14 Tomcat as it appeared through the onboard Television Camera Set

October 12, 2015 Dario Leone

Watch this rare footage featuring some interesting images taken from aboard an F-14 Tomcat by using the TCS (Television Camera Set). Filmed by Dave “Bio” Baranek, author of the book Topgun Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death and Hollywood […]

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Two unknown F-14 Tomcat wing sweep stories to celebrate Top Gun Day

May 13, 2014 Dario Leone

May 13 is Top Gun Day. Let’s celebrate it with two unknown Tomcat stories told by the former F-14 Tomcat RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek. Developed in the late 1960s as a multi-mission fighter, the F-14 […]

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That time an F-14 Tomcat pilot made a super low flyby on USS America

February 12, 2014 Dario Leone

In 1988 a naval aviator performed a remarkable flyby with his F-14 Tomcat The stunning image in this post will probably remind our readers the famous scene of Top Gun (when Maverick buzzes the tower […]

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Top Gun Days: a book reveals how the best F-14 Tomcat air-to-air scenes were filmed

October 2, 2013 Dario Leone

Developed in the late 1960s to protect US Navy Carrier Battle Groups (CVBG) from the raids conducted by the Soviet bombers armed with long-range cruise missiles, the F-14 was the best fleet defender thanks to […]

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