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Look Ma, No Hook: how a C-130 Hercules managed to land on an aircraft carrier

July 16, 2014 Dario Leone 12

The story of the C-130 Hercules that landed on USS Forrestal Even if, nowadays, the C-2 Greyhound is the biggest transport aircraft designed specifically for carrier operations, on Oct. 30 1963, in an attempt to […]

How two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Gaddafi’s Su-22 Fitters, 32 years ago today

August 19, 2013 Dario Leone 21

One year ago today, Tony Scott, the famous director of “Top Gun”, chose to commit suicide. But Aug. 19 was an important date for the Tomcat community, because that day in 1981 US Navy F-14s […]