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CF-5 refuels from a 707 tanker.

F-5 Pilot’s Double Engine Flameout While Refueling Over The Atlantic F-5 Pilot’s Double Engine Flameout While Refueling Over The Atlantic

By Dan McWilliams

Mar 5 4:18 PM EST

Hornet Pilot’s Cold War Mission Left Him In The “Buffer Zone” Between East And West Hornet Pilot’s Cold War Mission Left Him In The “Buffer Zone” Between East And West

By Dan McWilliams

Feb 22 4:05 PM EST

CT-114 student pilot story

Military Flight Instructor’s Most Important Lesson: Student Pilots Will Try To Kill You Military Flight Instructor’s Most Important Lesson: Student Pilots Will Try To Kill You

By Dan McWilliams

Jan 5 3:47 PM EST

A solo student plugged in to the tanker. Note how large the solid steel basket is, and how close it is to the delicate fighter

F-5 Pilot’s Early Struggles Aerial Refueling The Underpowered Jet F-5 Pilot’s Early Struggles Aerial Refueling The Underpowered Jet

By Dan McWilliams

Nov 6 3:03 PM EST

CF-18 False canopy

False Canopies On Fighters Work, One Almost Killed Me False Canopies On Fighters Work, One Almost Killed Me

By Dan McWilliams

Aug 28 1:04 PM EDT