The McDonnell F3H Demon

By Thomas G. Foxworth The Demon design came to fruition during the Korean conflict. It made its first flight at the McDonnell plant at Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri on 7 Augus
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The Oxcart Story: Frank Murray flying the Lockheed A-12 for the CIA’s Operation Black Shield

CIA A-12 pilot Lt. Col. Frank Murray (USAF retired) was assigned to Area 51 during CIA A-12 Project Oxcart, and was one of six CIA pilots chosen to fly surveillance missions in the
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Brian Shul on piloting the SR-71

In this talk at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Vietnam-era attack pilot and retired Air Force major Brian Shul, author of “Sled Driver: Flying the World’s Fast
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Great Planes: The Convair B-36 Peacemaker

While the B-36 remained in the USAF fleet until 1959, it was quickly surpassed by the B-47 Stratojet and then the B-52 Stratfortress as the USAF’s strategic long-range bomber. By 1
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The F-106 ‘Cornfield Bomber’

The “Cornfield Bomber” was a Convair F-106 Delta Dart, operated by the 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the United States Air Force, that made an unpiloted landing
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