Featured in Cold WarBYEmma HelfrichApr 29, 2022ShareThe B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold WarStrategic Air Command KC-135 and B-52 crews trained inside trains during the Cold War. BYEmma HelfrichApr 29, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickMar 31, 2022ShareUnique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back To LifeWith four tracks and advanced targeting systems, the Object 279 was perhaps the ultimate Cold War heavy tank design. BYThomas NewdickMar 31, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 1, 2022ShareBug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380kThe nuclear-hardened Cold War relic sits deep underground and is ready for a creative survivalist’s personal touch. BYBrett TingleyFeb 1, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 27, 2022ShareAn Air Stewardess Fell 33,000 Feet And Lived To Tell The Tale 50 Years Ago TodayThe story of Vesna Vulovic’s survival after a DC-9 airliner exploded in mid-air is a miraculous one. BYThomas NewdickJan 27, 2022ShareBYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 10, 2022ShareRussia’s Su-34 Fullback Strike Jet Is The King Of Hauling GasWith prodigious quantities carried inside and out, the Fullback is the undisputed champion of the tactical jet fuel load. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 10, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 6, 2022ShareThe Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø AirbaseAs 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. BYThomas NewdickJan 6, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 10, 2021ShareThis Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-WatchOne civilian MiG pilot is on a mission to rectify some Cold War-era misunderstandings about the notorious MiG-23 Flogger. BYThomas NewdickNov 10, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 9, 2021ShareThe Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War OddityThe 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. BYThomas NewdickNov 9, 2021ShareBY‘Danno’Oct 28, 2021ShareAn OV-10 Bronco Pilot’s Adventure Teaching Thai Flyers Forward Air ControlA mission to train Thai aircrew gave one U.S. Air Force OV-10 pilot unique insight into a shadowy local counter-narcotics mission. BY‘Danno’Oct 28, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickSep 16, 2021ShareTwo NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago TodayAt a time of extreme Cold War tensions, straying into Warsaw Pact airspace could hardly have been more dangerous. BYThomas NewdickSep 16, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickAug 11, 2021ShareSurface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War CarriersThe Sea Phoenix air defense system would have ported the weapons system from the F-14 Tomcat onto Navy flattops. BYThomas NewdickAug 11, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJul 21, 2021ShareRussia Threat Could See U.K. Fighter Jets Operating From Highways Once AgainThe Royal Air Force has plans for a series of drills that will test its fighters’ abilities to operate from dispersed airstrips. BYThomas NewdickJul 21, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJul 14, 2021ShareThe Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like LauncherThe Rapier carried its trio of long-range missiles in a rotary pack that would be used for downing marauding Soviet bombers. BYThomas NewdickJul 14, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 13, 2021ShareYou Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000The eBay listing claims the site is EMP-hardened, blast-proof, and has “an expansive floor plan” for all of your bug-out needs. BYBrett TingleyJul 13, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJun 3, 2021ShareWhat It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG SquadronWard Carroll recalls battling Floggers and Fishbeds over Nevada and the shroud of secrecy surrounding their remote base. BYThomas NewdickJun 3, 2021ShareBYRobert HopkinsJun 1, 2021ShareThe History Of American Presidents Flying Aboard Doomsday PlanesWe explore the relationship between presidents and the Air Force’s flying command posts that are meant to carry them into Armageddon. BYRobert HopkinsJun 1, 2021Share12
BYEmma HelfrichApr 29, 2022ShareThe B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold WarStrategic Air Command KC-135 and B-52 crews trained inside trains during the Cold War. BYEmma HelfrichApr 29, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickMar 31, 2022ShareUnique Soviet Monster Tank Designed To Survive A Nuclear Blast Has Roared Back To LifeWith four tracks and advanced targeting systems, the Object 279 was perhaps the ultimate Cold War heavy tank design. BYThomas NewdickMar 31, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 1, 2022ShareBug Out To Your Own Decommissioned Atlas Missile Silo For $380kThe nuclear-hardened Cold War relic sits deep underground and is ready for a creative survivalist’s personal touch. BYBrett TingleyFeb 1, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 27, 2022ShareAn Air Stewardess Fell 33,000 Feet And Lived To Tell The Tale 50 Years Ago TodayThe story of Vesna Vulovic’s survival after a DC-9 airliner exploded in mid-air is a miraculous one. BYThomas NewdickJan 27, 2022Share
BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 10, 2022ShareRussia’s Su-34 Fullback Strike Jet Is The King Of Hauling GasWith prodigious quantities carried inside and out, the Fullback is the undisputed champion of the tactical jet fuel load. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayJan 10, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 6, 2022ShareThe Secretive U-2 Spy Plane Missions Flown Out Of Norway’s Bodø AirbaseAs 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. BYThomas NewdickJan 6, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 10, 2021ShareThis Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-WatchOne civilian MiG pilot is on a mission to rectify some Cold War-era misunderstandings about the notorious MiG-23 Flogger. BYThomas NewdickNov 10, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 9, 2021ShareThe Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War OddityThe 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. BYThomas NewdickNov 9, 2021Share
BY‘Danno’Oct 28, 2021ShareAn OV-10 Bronco Pilot’s Adventure Teaching Thai Flyers Forward Air ControlA mission to train Thai aircrew gave one U.S. Air Force OV-10 pilot unique insight into a shadowy local counter-narcotics mission. BY‘Danno’Oct 28, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickSep 16, 2021ShareTwo NATO Fighters Accidentally Flew Behind The Iron Curtain 60 Years Ago TodayAt a time of extreme Cold War tensions, straying into Warsaw Pact airspace could hardly have been more dangerous. BYThomas NewdickSep 16, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickAug 11, 2021ShareSurface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War CarriersThe Sea Phoenix air defense system would have ported the weapons system from the F-14 Tomcat onto Navy flattops. BYThomas NewdickAug 11, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJul 21, 2021ShareRussia Threat Could See U.K. Fighter Jets Operating From Highways Once AgainThe Royal Air Force has plans for a series of drills that will test its fighters’ abilities to operate from dispersed airstrips. BYThomas NewdickJul 21, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJul 14, 2021ShareThe Mach-3 XF-108 Rapier Would Have Packed Its Big Missiles On A Revolver-Like LauncherThe Rapier carried its trio of long-range missiles in a rotary pack that would be used for downing marauding Soviet bombers. BYThomas NewdickJul 14, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 13, 2021ShareYou Can Bug-Out To Your Own Cold War Communications Bunker For A Cool $695,000The eBay listing claims the site is EMP-hardened, blast-proof, and has “an expansive floor plan” for all of your bug-out needs. BYBrett TingleyJul 13, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJun 3, 2021ShareWhat It Was Like Dogfighting In The F-14 Against America’s Secret MiG SquadronWard Carroll recalls battling Floggers and Fishbeds over Nevada and the shroud of secrecy surrounding their remote base. BYThomas NewdickJun 3, 2021Share
BYRobert HopkinsJun 1, 2021ShareThe History Of American Presidents Flying Aboard Doomsday PlanesWe explore the relationship between presidents and the Air Force’s flying command posts that are meant to carry them into Armageddon. BYRobert HopkinsJun 1, 2021Share
