On this day 35 years ago, two U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 fighters north of Tobruk, Libya. This was the second aerial battle involving swing-wing fighters, the first encounter was U.S. Navy F-14As against Libyan Su-22s.
Category: Heritage
Viktor Belenko has passed away
Viktor Belenko, the former Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot who defected to the West in 1976 in a MiG-25 high-speed interceptor, has passed away on Sept. 24.
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U.S. Air Force honors Tuskegee Airman James Harvey III with honorary promotion
In a momentous event that brought together history and the present, 100-year-old World War II and Korean War airpower legend, Lieutenant Colonel James H. Harvey III, was awarded an honorary promotion to the rank of Colonel. Harvey, a pioneer among African American fighter pilots with the famed Tuskegee Airmen, was celebrated during the halftime of the Air Force vs. Army game on November 4, held at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado.
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Vietnam War vet ride in UH-1 one more time
USS Lexington Museum hands over WWII Good Luck Flag to Japanese soldier’s family
A poignant moment unfolded on Jul. 20 as the USS Lexington Museum in Texas handed over a historical artifact—a Good Luck Flag—belonging to a Japanese soldier who lost his life during World War II. The flag, covered with signatures of Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, his family, and friends, was on display at the Corpus Christi museum for 29 years before being entrusted to the Obon Society, a nonprofit organization that specializes in returning similar flags, considered non-biological human remains, to the families of fallen Japanese service members.
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