Geschichte & Legenden, Nachricht
Nur noch eine ist flugfähig. Von den Hunderten PB4Y-2 Privateer, die die US Navy in den letzten Kriegsjahren des Zweiten Weltkriegs im Pazifik einsetzte, existiert nur noch ein einziges flugfähiges Exemplar – stationiert in Casa Grande, Arizona, und gewartet von einer kleinen Besatzung.
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
The man who will shape the next generation of Air Force officers has 2,500 flight hours, 300 of them in combat, and has flown two of America’s most formidable fighters: the F-15C Eagle and the F-22 Raptor. Col. Brandon J. Tellez, a 2001 Air Force Academy graduate and...
Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht
Thirty-nine aircraft. More than 13,000 sorties. Five weeks of sustained air combat over and around Iran. The War Zone has published a comprehensive, open-source tracking of every US aircraft confirmed lost or damaged during Operation Epic Fury — and the numbers tell a...
Luftfahrtwelt, Geschichte & Legenden
On June 15, 1919, at 8:40 in the morning, a Vickers Vimy biplane with two Rolls-Royce Eagle engines and no radio contact with the outside world nosed down through the clouds over the west coast of Ireland — and drove itself straight into a bog at Derrygimlagh, near...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On October 3, 1967, test pilot William J. “Pete” Knight climbed into a black, dart-shaped aircraft bolted to the wing of a B-52 bomber. At 45,000 feet over the Mojave Desert, the B-52 released him. Knight lit the rocket engine. In the next 84 seconds, he accelerated...
Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
On September 6, 1976, a Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor appeared on Japanese radar screens without warning. It was flying fast, low, and heading straight for Hakodate Airport on the northern island of Hokkaido. The pilot had not filed a flight plan. He had not...
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