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“We Did Barrel Rolls Around Tu-95s At The Request Of The Soviets”: USAF F-4 WSO Explains

December 9, 2017 David Cenciotti

Here are some memories from the Weapon Systems Officer who shot the famous photograph of the F-4 flying inverted near a Soviet Tu-95 Bear bomber. Last week we have published a blurry shot of a […]

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New Search For Avro Arrow Flight Models Lost 60 Years Ago in Lake Ontario Has Begun

August 4, 2017 Tom Demerly

Scale Model Flight Test Prototypes Sunk in Lake May Provide Clues to Mystery. The Canadian-built CF-105 Avro Arrow is many things in aviation history, but more than anything else, it is an enigma. Aviation historians […]

Military Aviation

The Story Of The Soviet Pilot Who Defected To Japan With A Secretive MiG-25 Foxbat

September 6, 2016 Jacek Siminski

OTD in 1976, Viktor Belenko, “stole” a MiG-25 and landed in Japan. The then Lieutenant Belenko was a pilot with the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, based in Chuguyevka, Primorsky Krai, in the east […]

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Ukrainian Soviet-era mini-space shuttle shaped drone captured by pro-Russia separatists

August 2, 2014 David Cenciotti

An interesting reconnaissance drone was captured, almost intact, by the pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine. Along with the Su-25, Su-27 and Mil Mi-24, the Ukrainian Air Force is operating its fleet of recently restored Soviet-era reconnaissance […]

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

June 20, 2014 Dario Leone

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 […]

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