LAST EVER Martin Mars Takeoff From Sproat Lake! Philippine Mars’ Penultimate Flight
Well, it finally happened, the last flying Martin Mars leaving Sproat Lake for the last time! This WWII Era flying[…]
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They Said Sweden’s Gripen Was a Toy — Then It Humiliated the F-35.
They Said Sweden’s Gripen Was a Toy — Then It Humiliated the F-35. Watch how Sweden’s JAS 39 Gripen went[…]
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Su-30: The Fighter That Saved Sukhoi
The Soviet Su-27 fighter became one of the best combat aircraft made by the Sukhoi design bureau. It had an[…]
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Why Russia’s Su-34 Dominates DESPITE Its Design
In the grand taxonomy of military aviation, few machines are as polarizing or as paradoxical as the Sukhoi Su-34. NATO,[…]
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WW2 Crewman Who Went Outside the Plane in Mid Air
On the night of April 26th, 1944 more than two hundred RAF bombers were on a mission to take out[…]
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When a Flying Boat Battled a U-Boat
On June 24, 1944, Flight Lieutenant David Hornell was on a patrolling mission in his Catalina Canso A 9754 from[…]
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When a Ball Turret Gunner Fell Without a Parachute!
On January 3rd, 1943 a group of 72 B-17 Flying Fortresses were on a bombing mission in occupied France. Their[…]
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When Only One B-17 Came Home
The birth of the moniker the Bloody 100th came about on October 10th 1943. It was the third day of[…]
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When MiG-29s Ambushed F-15 Eagles
On January 19, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, Captain Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez of the 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron flew an[…]
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When a B-17 Tail Fell With a Gunner Inside
On November 29th, 1943, a large group of B-17 Flying Fortresses were on a mission to take out strategic targets[…]
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