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One F-111 could carry the bomb load of four McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs. The worth of the new aircraft was beginning to show; F-111s flew more than 4,000 combat missions in Vietnam with only six combat losses. [88] [91] From 30 July 1973, F-111As of the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing (347th TFW) were stationed at Takhli Air Base.
Mistakes happen on live TV, and Cher’s Today show flub was nothing short of hilarious. Cher, 78, accidentally dropped an F-bomb on air while chatting with Hoda Kotb about her new book, Cher: The ...
The pilot is Captain Mark McKenzie and he shares the kill with Steve "Gunga" Dingee". He is credited with .5 kills. [36] February 11, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 80-012) shot down a Mil Mi-8 helicopter using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot is Captain Steve "Gunga" Dingee and he shares the kill with Mark McKenzie.
One F-111 was shot down by a Libyan SAM over the Gulf of Sidra [24] and one F-111's bombs missed the barracks, [21] striking diplomatic and civilian sites in Tripoli, and narrowly missing the French embassy. [26] All three F-111s assigned to Sidi Bilal released their GBU-10 bombs on target.
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The Navy eventually added more air-to-air missiles to its F/A-18 fighter jets. US Navy fighter jets fought a first-of-its-kind air battle against enemy drones over the Red Sea early last year ...
The F-35 Lightning II jet nosedived over the base before crashing on Tuesday, Jan. 28 ... 2025 at 5:54 AM. The moment a fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska has been caught on ...
This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II.An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often ...