Astronaut Scott Kelly once smuggled a full gorilla suit aboard the International Space Station. He didn't tell anyone about it. One day, without anyone knowing, he put it on.
A young German aviation fan, (Willi Maier, 15years old) wrote to Professor Messerschmitt in the middle of WW2, this is my photograph of his original drawing.
He suggests several improvements to the Bf109, making the radio antenna internal, removing the tail wheel fairing, more
Per the BBC, Captain Earl Ehrhart, a USMC AV-8B Harrier II pilot from VMA-231, is the first (claimed) US fighter ace since the Vietnam War, with seven Houthi drone kills over the Red Sea.
Today we participated with 🇧🇪
#F16
in the exercise Operation Allied Sky. This is a Bomber Task Force Mission exercise carried out by 🇺🇸
#B52
aircraft together with
@NATO
allies and organised by
@US_Stratcom
&
@US_EUCOM
.
#OTD
in 1966: BOAC Flight 911, a B-707, crashes in Mt. Fuji (Japan), all 124 aboard die. Jet disintegrated in mid-air while overflying the area. Inquiry found plane encountered unexpected severe clear-air turbulence, exceeding the aircraft´s design limits and causing a breakup.
After USS Wisconsin (BB-64) received minor damage from a North Korean shore battery in 1952, the mighty battleship responded with a full 16" salvo that obliterated the enemy position. Allegedly, an escort ship then jokingly signaled “Temper, Temper, Wisconsin".
#SeaStorySaturday
An F-14A from VF-1 Wolfpack during Tomcat's first deployment in April 1974. F-14s from VF-1 and VF-2 covered "Operation Frequent Wind", the US evacuation of Saigon, which marked the Tomcat's only involvement in the Vietnam War.
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#aviation
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#TopGun
The Professor wrote back on 28th August 1943, thanking him for his interest, and (his letter says) he enclosed a book about the manufacturing of the Bf109.
The brief relief from wartime horrors in this otherwise touching exchange with a young German boy, broken somewhat
#OTD
: 41 years ago, F-14s from VF-41, flown by Cdr.'Hank' Kleemann/Lt.'DJ' Venlet, and Lt.'Music' Muczynski/Lt.JG 'Amos' Anderson, destroyed two Libyan Su-22s over the Mediterranean (Aug 19, 1981). The event became known as the 1st Gulf of Sidra incident.
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in 1947, a captured German V-2 was launched from USS Midway as part of "Operation Sandy" to test the feasibility of using large long-range rockets on ships. The V-2 tilted but corrected itself before breaking apart at 12,000 feet. The test was considered a success.
F-2 Ship Killer! A JASDF F-2 armed with a pair of AAM-3 air-to-air missiles, and four Type 93 anti-ship missiles. The half ton, sea skimming Type 93 has a range of 170 km, and is
#Japan
's leading air launched ASM since the 90s.
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#aviationdaily
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