AIR & SPACE • Dec 4, 2021
FB-111A- Pilot Podcast
Here on the Fighter Pilot Podcast it’s once again Bomber Month!First up this year is the General Dynamics FB-111A supersonic swing-wing strategic bomber. Retired…
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AIR & SPACE • Nov 30, 2021
Ahead Of Its Time: Mach 3 XB-70 Valkyrie Super Bomber
Flying at 70,000 feet above the world at three times the speed of sound floats the future of combat - so much so that…
HISTORY • Nov 23, 2021
Project E.L.F. – The history of communicating with submarines underwater – #HamRadioQA
Nestled deep in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Northwest Wisconsin is the small town of Clam Lake. Clam Lake is best known for the…
AIR & SPACE • Nov 18, 2021
125 – Blackburn Buccaneer
According to Ernest Hemmingway, a man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it…
AIR & SPACE • Nov 18, 2021
THIS MIG SUPER FIGHTER TERRIFIED NATO, THEN A SOVIET PILOT STOLE ONE
One jet was clocked at 2,400 mph and the U.S. didn’t have a single aircraft that could catch it.
AIR & SPACE • Nov 10, 2021
America’s Secret Underground Military Base on the Moon – Lunex Expedition
A top-secret document describing a 1958 United States Air Force program to build an underground base on the Moon was redacted right after the…
BOMBER • Nov 8, 2021
B-47 Stratojet: A Danger to Enemies, a Danger to Fly
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AIR & SPACE • Nov 5, 2021
The Rocket Ship Plane! -The CRAZY VTOL Convair Pogo!
Carrying 48 rockets and the most powerful engine of its type outside the Soviet bloc, this buzzy little fighter could fly just as fast…
AIR & SPACE • Nov 2, 2021
Britain’s Highly Unusual Crescent-Wing Victor Bomber
The V force was a legendary team of bombers built to serve during the post-war crisis. However, they would not carry ordinary bombs, but…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 30, 2021
Myasishchev M-4: A Formidable Opponent of the B-52 Stratofortress
In the early 1950s, the V. M. Myasishchev Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-23), under the direction of Major General of Engineering Vladimir M. Myasishchev, began…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 27, 2021
The Soviet Moon Landing Hoax that Terrified NASA and the CIA
On September 18, 1968, Western intelligence picked up a signal from Zond 5, a Soviet lunar mission.The messages were unusual. They emitted the voices…
HISTORY • Oct 26, 2021
Fractional Orbital Bombardment System
The Cold War is the conflict that keeps on giving -- especially for Mega Projects. In today's investigation of yet another ridiculous, horrifying tool…
AIR & SPACE • Oct 26, 2021
The Truly Bizarre Humpback F-107A Ultra Sabre
In the early 1950s, North American Aviation used the airframe of its successful F100 Super Sabre to build a prototype for a US Air…
HISTORY • Oct 22, 2021
Not All Nuclear Bombs Were Dropped by Airplanes
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AIR & SPACE • Oct 21, 2021
B-2 bombers just came to Iceland: Will the Arctic see a new cold war?
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AFGHANISTAN • Oct 17, 2021
The Panavia Tornado MRCA | The backbone of the RAF for nearly 40 years
The Panavia Tornado formed the backbone of the RAF for nearly 40 years of continuous front-line service. Originally designed during the Cold War to…
HISTORY • Oct 6, 2021
GENERAL DYNAMICS F-111 AARDVARK TERRAIN FOLLOWING RADAR TRAINING FILM 80070
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AIR & SPACE • Oct 5, 2021
Rare Soviet Supersonic Myasishchev M-50 Bounder
The Myasishchev M-50 ‘Bounder’ was a rare Soviet Air Force four-jet engine supersonic strategic bomber prototype conceived to strike against the Americans in case…
AIR & SPACE • Sep 30, 2021
Why India Need Nuclear Attack Submarine & why US and UK wont Give It to India?
Washington appears to have decided that the best military choice at the moment is to rely on a Cold War-type coalition, with its most…
AIR & SPACE • Sep 25, 2021
Douglas B-66 Destroyer – A Bomber that Never Actually Destroyed Anything
The Douglas B-66 Destroyer was a highly valuable asset during the Vietnam War. Built during the 1950s, the aircraft would eventually become a productive…
AIR & SPACE • Sep 23, 2021
America’s Mach 3 SUPER-BOMBER – and World’s Only
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was the largest and fastest bomber ever built by the United States, but the massive six-engine Mach 3.0-capable jet…
ARTIC WARFARE • Sep 21, 2021
Operation Sunshine – Breaking the North Pole
USS Nautilus was the first operational nuclear-powered submarine and shared its name with Jules Verne’s classic novel, ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,’ from…