Cold War, Rights & Culture (1945–1991)

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migflug.com > afterburner > david-mccampbell-nine-kills-one-mission-leyte-gulf-1944

David McCampbell: Nine Kills in One Mission | MiGFlug

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1044+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Sep 20, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments The Hellcat came aboard the wrong carrier, with two rounds left in six machine guns, and had to be hauled off the arrestor wire by hand because the engine had stopped…...


migflug.com > afterburner > fr > doolittle-raid-1942-b-25-uss-hornet-tokyo

The Doolittle Raid: 16 B-25s That Were Never Coming Back

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (693+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Sep 16, 2026 | Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire | 0 comments At 07:38 on the morning of 18 April 1942, a 70-ton Japanese patrol boat called the Nittō Maru spotted an American task force about 650 nautical miles east of Japan and got a radio…...


migflug.com > afterburner > es > messerschmitt-me-264-amerikabomber-new-york

Me 264 Amerikabomber: The Aircraft Built to Bomb New York

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (852+ words) by Max Grünwald | Sep 15, 2026 | Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar | 0 comments On 23 December 1942 a very large four-engined aeroplane with a glazed nose and twin fins lifted off from Augsburg. It had bunk beds in the fuselage and a galley with hot…...


migflug.com > afterburner > heinkel-he-111z-zwilling-twin-fuselage-glider-tug

He 111Z Zwilling: Five Engines, Two Fuselages, One Pilot

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (803+ words) by Max Grünwald | Sep 15, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments The Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant could carry an 88 mm gun and its tractor, or a medium tank, or two hundred equipped soldiers. Its cargo hold was deliberately sized to match a German…...


migflug.com > afterburner > operation-paul-bunyan-1976-panmunjom-tree-b-52-show-of-force

Operation Paul Bunyan: Cutting a Tree With B-52s Overhead

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (731+ words) by Joseph Duncan | Sep 15, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments On the morning of 21 August 1976, B-52s flew in from Guam with Phantom escorts. F-111s crossed the Pacific from Idaho. Fighters launched from Kadena, Clark, Osan and Taegu. South Korean F-5s and Sabres joined the…...


migflug.com > afterburner > kg-200-luftwaffe-captured-b-17-secret-squadron

KG 200: The Luftwaffe Unit That Flew Captured B-17s

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (654+ words) by Connor Kerr | Sep 15, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments What KG 200 actually did was stranger, better documented, and in places considerably more sinister. Formed: 20 February 1944 at Berlin-Gatow, out of the Versuchsverband ObdL Disbanded: 25 April 1945 Commanders: Oberst Heinz Heigl (Feb to…...


migflug.com > afterburner > de > myasishchev-vm-t-atlant-buran-soviet-shuttle-carrier-history

The Soviet Bomber That Carried the Buran Shuttle on Its Back | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (458+ words) by Connor Kerr | 28. Mai 2026 | Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt | 0 comments Bezogen auf: Myasishchev 3M (development of M-4 Molot / NATO "Bison") Erster Flug: 29 April 1981 — with external cargo, 6 January 1982 Max external payload: 50 tonnes Total Baikonur missions: ~150 Ersetzt durch: Antonov An-225 Mriya (1988) Erhaltene Flugzeugzellen: 2 (Zhukovsky…...


migflug.com > afterburner > it > vickers-valiant-first-v-bomber-nuclear

Vickers Valiant: Britain's First V-Bomber

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (474+ words) by Fortuna Leroy | 7 luglio 2026 | Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare | 0 comments The Valiant is the least glamorous of Britain’s three V-bombers. It is also the one that did the most, first. It worked exactly as intended. The Valiant flew in 1951 and…...


migflug.com > afterburner > de > bachem-ba-349-natter-vertical-rocket-interceptor

Bachem Ba 349 Natter: The Disposable Rocket Fighter

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (833+ words) by Connor Kerr | 5. Juni 2026 | Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt | 0 commentsTeile diese Geschichte The evening before, Sieber had written his will, leaving everything to his fiancée. Sixteen years before Yuri Gagarin, he was about to become the first human being to take…...


migflug.com > afterburner > boulton-paul-p-111-yellow-peril-delta-research-1950

Boulton Paul P.111: Britain's Yellow Peril Delta Jet

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (828+ words) by Connor Kerr | Sep 13, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments Britain came out of the Second World War with a captured German idea it did not fully understand. The delta wing promised high speed and a strong, light structure, and the…...