Aviation News
The Black Crow was an magnetic anomaly detection system aboard the AC-130A that allows the crew to detect vehicles hidden underneath the jungle canopy by detecting their electromagnetic emissions from the engine’s ignition coil.
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A Vought F4U-7 that once participated in the NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep was damaged after it failed to takeoff at Jerome County Airport on May 14.
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A MiG-21 that was flown by Rudolf Perešin from former Yugoslavia to Austria in October 1991 has been delivered to Croatia.
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P-51 Mustang, serial number of 44-74202, returned home to Kentucky Air National Guard Base Apr. 12. 63 years after it departed.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Horto
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