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Korea-Against the B-29sā¦
The Last War of the Superfortresses: MiG-15 vs B-29 over Korea Leonid Krylov and Yuriy TepsurkayevĀ On 26 August 1950, the aircraft carrierĀ Cape EsperanceĀ left the quayside at San Diego naval air station. On the deck of the ship that was headed for Japan were F7F-3Ns from the 524th US Marines Corpsā Night Fighter Squadron. On 11 September, theĀ Cape EsperanceĀ put into…
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Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986 PartĀ I
Departing for Tripoli Colonel Westbrook launched and recovered planes at RAF Lakenheath for Exercise Salty Nation until 1500 U.K. time on Monday, 14 April. After that time all planes taking off from the British base would be bound for Tripoli. The F-111F mission crews started gathering at 48 TFW in…
Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986 PartĀ II
Hitting Qaddafi On the evening of 14 April the attention of the Qaddafi regime was still focused on the carriers of Task Force 60, not the F-111Fs approaching from the west, but that was about to change. As the F-111Fs and their support aircraft traveled the long way in getting…
Operation El Dorado Canyon 1986 PartĀ III
āToday, We Have Done What We Had to Doā At approximately 1913 Washington time, Weinberger and Crowe received their first post-strike report. CINCEUR tersely stated, āRaid commander reports all aircraft feet wet.ā Everyone in the command center was overjoyed. It appeared that the raid had been carried out without any…
Imperial Russian Air Force in 1916 PartĀ I
Before exploring aviationās contribution to the Russian battlefield in 1916, it is important to consider some of the differences between the Eastern and Western fronts. The Western Front was much shorter, only about 400 miles, yet its combat zone contained a significant concentration of British, French, and German soldiers, accompanied…
Imperial Russian Air Force in 1916 PartĀ II
The German seaplane base on Lake Angern posed a threat not only to the aviation presence on Runo Island but also to the passage of Russian naval vessels in the gulf. The Russians responded quickly. Using the radio unit on Runo, the navy ordered the Second Bombing-Reconnaissance Squadron to send…
Siemens-Schuckert Werke GmbH
Siemens-Schuckert D.III Serial: 8341/17. Seen here is D.III 8341/17 in ex-works finish of stained fuselage, natural metal cowl and five-colour lozenge on wings, rudder and elevators. The wing lozenge was applied at 45Ā° to the leading edge. The interplane struts were also wrapped in lozenge fabric, possibly as protection against…