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Raoul “Luf” Lufbery

June 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

It’s never easy coming up with a Hero of the Month in military aviation for the simple reason that there are so many to choose from, significant for a variety of feats [read more...]

Flight of the Valkyrie: The Mach 3 Mega-Bomber that Never Was.

by tomdemerly in In History

By Tom Demerly for ALERT 5. 29 December, 1966. SAC Chrome Dome II Patrol Route, Flight Level 370 over Queen Elizabeth Islands, 631 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Their bellies bloated with nuclear tipped mega-death, the Valkyries ride tails of afterburner flame on a Mach 3 stampede to incinerate the Red Menace before they can launch. WWIII has [read more...]