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Mach 2.23 F-4 Phantom II Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

The McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II is one of the most iconic aircraft of the early Cold War period. -It was designed at a time when supersonic flight was still in its experimental period in the ...
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When a U.S. Pilot Flew Into the Wrong Airspace and Faced a Deadly MiG

September 1965 - A group of four F-104 Starfighter aircraft takes off from Da Nang Air Base in South Vietnam for another ...

Polish air force intercepts Russian Il-20 surveillance plane flying over Baltic Sea

The air force said that while the Russian plane did not violate Polish airspace, it did not have a flight plan and the ...

This Historical Defection Forced Russia To Upgrade Its Old School MiG-25 To The MiG-31

During the Cold War, military secrets were at a premium, so when a Russian pilot decided to defect with his MiG 25, it was a ...