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P-51 Vs Me 262 and the Death of Luftwaffe Ace Walter Nowotny
9+ hour, 57+ min ago (293+ words) The Me 262 and P-51 Mustang represented the state-of-the-art in terms of design, performance and combat capability for their respective air forces. In fact, the Mustang would prove to be the Luftwaffe fighter arm's nemesis. This was probably Leutnant Kobert's aircraft, which…...
HH-60W with recovered F-15E pilot was hit by Iranian fire, wounding crew members of the helicopter on board
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (485+ words) While involved in a combat search and rescue (CSAR) mission for the crew of the F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Iran on Apr. 3, 2026, two US Air Force (USAF) HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters were hit by Iranian fire.Both the…...
A-10 crashes near the Strait of Hormuz, pilot safe
22+ hour, 55+ min ago (454+ words) According to The New York Times, an A-10 Thunderbolt II involved in Operation Epic Fury crashed in the Persian Gulf on Apr. 3, 2026. The A-10 went down near the Strait of Hormuz at around the same time that an F-15E was shot down over…...
Photo of lone A-10 supporting CSAR over Iran for the downed F-15E crew
23+ hour, 29+ min ago (192+ words) A-10 aircraft supporting CSAR over Iran The interesting photo in this post features a lone A-10 Warthog circling low over Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, supporting the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission for the downed F-15E crew. Posted by Air Power on…...
USAF F-15E shot down over Iran, CSAR mission ongoing
1+ day, 21+ min ago (458+ words) A frantic US combat search and rescue (CSAR) mission is underway for the two crew members of a US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle fighter bomber shot down over Iran, the first such incident since the beginning of Operation Epic…...
Iran shares photos of downed F-35 but images show F-15E wreckage
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (474+ words) On a US Air Force (USAF) F-35 Lightning II fighter jet flying over central Iran was claimed as shot down by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). IRGC said it used a new air defense system. The IRGC's central command headquarters…...
Deuce Vs Hustler: F-102 pilot explains why no fighter jet could catch a B-58 supersonic bomber
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (201+ words) At the peak of deployment in the late 1950s, F-102s equipped more than 25 ADC squadrons and by 1961 23 out of the Air National Guard's (ANG) 32 fighter interceptor squadrons had Delta Daggers. The Texas ANG's relative proximity to Convair's Fort Worth plant, where'B58A supersonic…...
NASA launches Artemis II, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (709+ words) Astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at…...
FRED pilot recalls the infamous Dover C-5 crash – Part 1: The lead up to the accident
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (398+ words) He flew in all major military actions'from Vietnam'to'the Iraq War. Lacklen lives in northern Virginia and is married with four adult daughters and two granddaughters. Lacklen is also the author of three books,'Flying the Line: An Air Force Pilot's…...
More A-10s likely to join Operation Epic Fury
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (494+ words) Crowds have gathered to attend the arrival of US Air Force (USAF) A-10C Thunderbolt II close air support (CAS) aircraft at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, UK. 12 Warthogs (as the A-10 is dubbed by her aircrews) were spotted landed in the evening of Mar....