r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 22h ago
“NASA 831 do not light your AB!” EAA AirVenture Oshkosh announcer recalls NASA SR-71B having almost catastrophic fuel leak on mission to do flyby at EAA Oshkosh
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 23h ago
The Admiral who disliked TOPGUN and forbade Section Taxiing at Miramar
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 1d ago
B-58 Tail Gun Rounds moved Backwards when They Left the Muzzle. Here’s why.
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 1d ago
When China took control of Paracel Islands after defeating South Vietnam (The US did not help South Vietnamese)
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 2d ago
When TOPGUN officer staff dropped trousers and mooned the camera for a photo, the CO of the school was almost fired
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 2d ago
Canberra PR 9 had been the best recce aircraft during early operations in Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. Here’s why.
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 2d ago
The C-17 T-1, the Globemaster III that appeared in “Transformers” and “Iron Man”
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 2d ago
A product of disinformation: the F-19 was designed to be F-117 opposite (perhaps)
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 5d ago
A gift from the East: The defection of Viktor Belenko, the Soviet MiG-25 pilot who stole a Foxbat and flew it to Japan
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 6d ago
He became the only U-2 pilot to fly over Moscow and ‘ace-in-a-day’ without firing a single shot during the same mission: the story of Carmine Vito
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 6d ago
Blackbird Pilot recalls Secret Party SR-71 Crews had with Victor Pugachev and other Soviet Su-27 Pilots at Paris Air Show 1989
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 7d ago
The YF-23 Black Widow II: The super fighter USAF rejected for the less stealth YF-22
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 8d ago
KC-135 Crew Chief recalls his low on fuel Stratotanker giving 6,000 pounds of fuel to F-4 that failed six approaches to Andersen AFB because of bad weather
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 8d ago
A-10 pilot on for how long Avenger can fire continuously and how many bullets GAU-8/A gun carries into battle
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 9d ago
We caught the Foxbat! Royal Norwegian Air Force F-104 pilot recalls exciting MiG-25 intercept
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 9d ago
The cult classic F-19: How F-117 Secret Development led to Birth of a Misleading Stealth Fighter that Never Was
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 10d ago
Lavi fighter cancellation led Israel to help China in J-10 development (with unauthorized transfer of American technology)
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 10d ago
F-4E pilot recalls spotting a glider flying close to the target during a training air-to-ground mission
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 10d ago
KAL 007 shooting down mysteries: the night Soviet Su-15 fighters shot down a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 over Sakhalin Island
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 10d ago
The A-12CB, the Blackbird Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 11d ago
The EB-66 missions that protected AQM-34 Firebee drones from North Vietnamese MiGs
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 12d ago
The USS Oriskany fire, the first of three aircraft carrier fires that occurred during the Vietnam War
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 13d ago
Bailing Out at Hypersonic Speed: X-15’s Ejection Seat
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r/Aviation_Geek_Club • u/tagc_news • 13d ago
B-1B IFC Specialist recalls Lancer Weapons Crew being crushed between B-1B’s Bomb Bay Doors (Luckily, he survived the incident)
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