Tag: Cold War
Unique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back To Life
The Object 279 has been successfully returned to running order at Kubinka Tank Museum.
Bug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380k
A decommissioned Atlas nuclear missile silo is up for sale in Kansas.
An Air Stewardess Fell 33,000 Feet And Lived To Tell The Tale 50 Years Ago Today
Yugoslav air stewardess Vesna Vulovic survived a fall of 33,000 feet from an exploding airliner.
Russia’s Su-34 Fullback Strike Jet Is The King Of Hauling Gas
With prodigious quantities carried inside and out, the Fullback is the undisputed champion of the tactical jet fuel load.
The Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø Airbase
As Bodø closes as a fighter base, we look back at its Cold War legacy when it launched U-2 espionage flights aimed at the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity
The missile was designed to fly thousands of miles at over Mach 3 and 80,000 feet before diving onto its target and detonating its nuclear payload.
An OV-10 Bronco Pilot’s Adventure Teaching Thai Flyers Forward Air Control
A mission to train Thai aircrew gave one U.S. Air Force OV-10 pilot unique insight into a shadowy local counter-narcotics mission.
Two NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago Today
At a time of extreme Cold War tensions, straying into Warsaw Pact airspace could hardly have been more dangerous.
Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers
The Sea Phoenix air defense system would have ported the weapons system from the F-14 Tomcat onto Navy flattops.