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BYHarold C. Hutchison

Jul 31, 2022


This was the only fighter that had a chance of catching the SR-71

When the SR-71 Blackbird was revealed to the public by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, the Soviets were caught by surprise. The fact was, the SR-71 couldn’t be caught by any air defense, rendered nearly invulnerable due to its blazing speed an…

Cold War photo

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Jul 31, 2022

BYStephen Carlson

Jan 17, 2023


This pilot defected with the Soviet Union’s most advanced plane

pilot defected

BYStephen Carlson

Jan 17, 2023

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Feb 28, 2021


What happened when Libya took on the US Navy in the Mediterranean

In 1986, a pair of aviation movies took America by storm. Both Doug Masters in Iron Eagle and Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun took to the skies and dominated America’s enemies (we all know

What happened when Libya took on the US Navy in the Mediterranean

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Feb 28, 2021

BYThe Aviationist

Sep 12, 2019


A Soviet pilot defected with a top-secret fighter 42 years ago

1430 Hrs. Local, Sept. 6, 1976. Sea of Japan near Hakodate Airport, Hokkaido Prefecture. Jet fuel burned faster than he calculated as he pressed lower under the overcast, down to the gray black waves only 150-feet above the Sea of Japan. He ha…

Cold War photo

BYThe Aviationist

Sep 12, 2019

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