Cold War – The Tactical Air Network

Here’s Your Chance to Buy Soviet-Era Fighter Jets for Bargain Prices

March 7, 2016 // 6 Comments

If you’re in the market for a used fighter jet that can still fly, the Albanian Air Force would like to talk with you in the near future before they run out of stock! [read more...]

Tomcat’s First Ride

April 15, 2015 // 4 Comments

Mid-September 1974 would see yet another WESTPAC combat deployment for the already-battle hardened USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in [read more...]

“Be quick, be quiet, and be on time.”

February 16, 2015 // 3 Comments

Earlier this week, we shared a picture from Lockheed Martin’s publicity page on our Facebook page. Each and every one of those jets pictured in the digital rendering [read more...]

YGBSM

January 30, 2015 // 2 Comments

First In, Last Out When the United States first engaged North Vietnamese forces in the 1960s, American military brass were well aware of the fact that they were likely going [read more...]

Intercepting a MiG

July 21, 2014 // 1 Comment

I recently saw this picture floating around Facebook with the caption “F-15s vs MiG-29s during Operation Desert Storm, 1991”. While not entirely inaccurate, the [read more...]

The Cold War Escalates

May 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

On this day in 1960, Francis Gary Powers was shot down as he flew his CIA U-2A over Degtyarsk in the Soviet Union in an overflight codenamed Operation GRAND SLAM. Operation [read more...]

F-108

January 30, 2014 // 1 Comment

It would have a maximum speed exceeding Mach 3, a range of over 1300 miles, a rotary weapons unit and the most advanced radar system in the world. North American [read more...]

Replacing the Hog

November 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

Retiring the entire A-10 fleet has been a hot topic in the world of military aviation, the past few months. Time and time again, the Hog has proven itself from the Persian [read more...]