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The Parachute – Its History and Military Use.
Da Vinci’s Parachute One of the many sketches of Leonardo Da Vinci features a man dangling below a parachute. Along with this sketch from 1485, he also suggests what size of a parachute would be needed for a person wearing the chute to fall safely. Da Vinci’s...
Jet Friday: This Aircraft Shot Its Ownself Down
In early 1956, the United States Navy began testing a new single-seat supersonic fighter, the F11F Tiger. This new carrier-based aircraft was expected to be an upgraded replacement for the Navy’s first carrier-based fighter, the F9F Panther/Cougar, which was also...
The Air Force Envisioned an Airborne Aircraft Carrier
In the Avengers movies, the secret group SHIELD used a massive full-size aircraft carrier called a helicarrier. This mammoth ship contained four gigantic fans that provided enough lift to help hide the carrier amongst the clouds. From the carrier, SHIELD could launch...
Jet Friday – F-15 Eagle Pilot Landing On One Wing
The F-15 Eagle is a large, highly capable beast of a fighter aircraft. Normally piloted by a single crew member, on a training mission in 1983, one two-seat trainer would be tested under some incredible flying circumstances. F-15 Eagle - a rocket with wings The F-15...
A Hero’s Last Mission in His P-80 Shooting Star
He was born on October 2, 1918, in Portland, Maine in the United States. Like many men in the U.S. military in the early 1950s, he would die while serving his country halfway around the world in Korea. His service does not begin there. By the time Major Charles J....
Hunting Submarines, Tracking Surface Ships, and Surveilling Coastlines – the P-8 Poseidon and P-3 Orion
Slicing silently through the depths of the South China Sea, a Japanese submarine is on patrol in the shipping lanes near the Raiu Islands. It's early morning and the crew has been at sea for 8 days, underwater for nearly 48 hours. They will soon need to surface to...
Jet Friday: How Producers Got Maverick’s Realistic Flying Footage
After 34 years, Top Gun is returning to the big screen. Things have changed quite a bit since Maverick was being launched off the USS Enterprise in his F-14 Tomcat. Instead of the Enterprise, this time the aircraft carrier is the USS Abraham Lincoln. When he returns...
Operation Christmas Drop – the USAF Spreading Joy Across the Pacific
In the Christmas season of 1952 during a routine weather reconnaissance mission, a US Air Force aircrew flying out of Anderson Air Force Base in Guam started a tradition that is still going to this day. In fact, the decision the airmen made that day, some 3,500 miles...
Jet Friday – The Caspian Sea Monster
It was the mid-1960s and the United States and Russia were both embroiled in Cold War secrets. When it came to winning a potential war, both countries were determined to find new ways to stay ahead of the other in technology and weapons. Each was determined to know...
Army-Navy Game and Those Spirit Videos
We have covered nine of the traditions of the historic Army-Navy Game in our post, Army-Navy Game Traditions; Prisoner Exchanges and Singing Second. We have also shared images and explained the reasons behind the uniform selections for both sides over the recent years...
QF-16 Drone; from the Hunters to the Hunted
For more than 40 years, the F-16 Fighting Falcon, also known as the Viper, has been a dominate multi-role fighter aircraft around the globe. Its place is cemented in history as one of the most popular and effective fighter aircraft ever produced. The Hunters - Since...
Jet Friday: The Black Eagles Aerobatic Team of South Korea
We have previously showcased the U.S. Navy Blue Angels’ flight demonstration team that flies the F-18 Hornet. We have also provided you with articles about the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force aerobatic team who fly the F-16 Viper. These teams are great recruiting...
