Interview: Dogfighting with Learjets
Not too long ago, I posted an article on Draken International, a firm based out of Florida that is home to the largest private air force in the world (meaning that its [read more...]
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When the Blue Angels Went to War
Mid-1949, Lieutenant Commander Johnny Magda was given orders to report to Naval Air Station Whiting Field in central Santa Rosa County, Florida. The decorated naval aviator, [read more...]
“Be quick, be quiet, and be on time.”
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...]
The CF-14-Eh Tomcat?
The year was 1977, and the Canadian Department of National Defence had just kicked off their New Fighter Aircraft program to replace their aging fleet of CF-101 Voodoos, [read more...]
68 Years Ago Today: Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier.
By Tom Demerly for ALERT 5. When a manned aircraft approaches the speed of the sound it is thought to reach an invisible barrier. A barrier defined by physics. An [read more...]
Preflight 12/17/2013
Minuteman Test Launch from California The United States Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) from Vandenberg Air Force Base [read more...]
Remembering Pearl Harbor
72 years ago, today, the United States was the target of one of the most significant aerial attacks in history; the results were a devastated naval fleet and 2402 dead, 1247 [read more...]
Hellcat Ablaze
It’s always a horrific thing seeing pictures like these, especially when it looks like a brutal end portrayed in the photograph is just inescapable. After a little bit [read more...]
DOUBLE A-10 GUN RUN
A quick video from Funker530 of the GAU-8 in action. The title says it all: two gun runs on insurgent positions, called in by ISAF forces who were taking heavy [read more...]
Happy Birthday Marines!
Today, the United States Marine Corps celebrates its 238th birthday. From the Halls of Montezuma to the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, they’ve fought in every land and [read more...]
