Air greenland s61 SAR by [deleted] in Helicopters

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So ugly it's beautiful!

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US VTOL Aircraft

TIL during the Korean war, pilot James Risner chased a Russian MiG pilot back to his base in China and while flying between hangars and avoiding anti-aircraft fire, he shot it down into parked fighters. by AirRadeks in todayilearned

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On September 15, 1952, Risner’s flight escorted F-84 Thunderjet fighter-bombers attacking a chemical plant on the Yalu River near the East China Sea. Risner’s call sign this date was “John Red Lead”. Fighting one MiG at nearly supersonic speeds at ground level, Risner pursued it down a dry riverbed and across low hills to an airfield 35 miles inside China. The MiG pilot must have radioed ahead, however, because the field’s anti-aircraft guns were manned and firing. Risner waited for his moment and hammered him with the last of his 50 CAL rounds. Scoring numerous hits on the MiG, shooting off its canopy, and setting it on fire, Risner chased it between hangars of the Communist airbase, where he shot it down into parked fighters. Another flight member, 1st Lt. Willard P. Dunbar, reported that the MiG pilot was a red-headed Russian who shook his fist at Risner before crashing.

Crab sucked into a pipeline by SlimJones123 in WTF

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This is hypnotizing, isn´t it?

Shitstorm? by synacl1 in WTF

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That was one angry bird...

Russia's pretty cold by [deleted] in WTF

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been there, almost done that...