Military History

From BBC News Egyptian pilot: We felt humiliated Israel wiped out much of the Egyptian Air Force on the morning of June 5, 1967, the first day of the war. Egyptian pilot Mustafa Hafez was stationed at one of the 11 Egyptian air bases that were targeted. He told military historian and BBC website reader, David Nicolle, what happened that day. "In the build-up to war, I was sent to a squadron based at Kabrit, flying MiG-17Fs and MiG-17PF night fighters. We didn't really think that there would be a war, and if there was one, I was confident that Egypt would win. I was then a Flight Lieutenant and I was 26. Our confidence was not based on anything spec…

From Proceedings, June 2007 issue Midway: The Story that Never Ends By Thomas B. Allen On the 65th anniversary, we are still finding out what happened at Midway in the sky and sea in late spring 1942 ... You can read the remainder of the article at the link above.

From the April 2010 issue of Air Force Magazine: MiG Alley American F-86 Sabres versus MiG-15s with Soviet pilots.

MiG-25 defection (The Aviationist blog)

Some links finded recently: http://www.sa-transport.co.za/aircraft/aircraft_index.html http://www.sa-transport.co.za/aircraft/mir...af_service.html http://www.freeworldpublications.co.za/CAN...a%20Service.htm And never forget the great site: http://www.saairforce.co.za

Very useful for scenario creation and forces evaluation: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tmib20/109/1

I've just finished watching The Sinking of the Laconia, a dramatisation of the events surrounding the sinking of a cruise liner turned troop transport by a German U-Boat in 1942. I don't know if you've heard the story, but it's described here. An interesting lesser known story from the Second World War. The dramatisation was very good with excellent production values, but honestly was about ten minutes too long.

Not a complete site, but many curious data, mostly posted because is the official Dassault web site and difficult to find! https://www.dassault-aviation.com/fr/passion/avions/dassault-militaires/mirage-iii/

Virtual museum on Swedish and imported missile ("Robot" in Swedish) types (perhaps I posted it a long time ago): http://www.robotmuseum.se/ARM_robotmateriel.htm

A not widely know site (I think I know it for years, but I don't remembered it), recopilation of missile types: http://missile.index.ne.jp/en/index.html

Interesting link on generic manual of many US Navy weapons. On this page, Mk13 GMLS (Perry-class). Standard missiles are launched at 10 seconds interval, Harpoon at 22 seconds interval: http://www.tpub.com/gunners/169.htm

Into the Rising Sun: The Doolittle Raid By Barrett Tillman Long before jointness became doctrine and purple entered the military vocabulary, U.S. naval and air forces were operating hand in glove in a manner that is not possible today. The best example remains the Doolittle Raid against Japan 65 years ago. Officially it was the First Special Aviation Project, a bold concept devised by a naval officer—a submariner, no less—and executed by Sailors and Airmen. The timing could not have been better, as it occurred only four-and-a-half months after the debacle at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Only two weeks later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a stu…

A very interesting site full of rigorous data discovered (or re-discovered??) yesterday, with data and some WWII updated Standard Aircraft Characteristics charts: as example B-17G: http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/B-17/B-17G_Standard_Aircraft_Characteristics.pdf of the site: http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org

A lengthy, informative and photo rich article regarding the ill fated MV Atlantic Conveyor here.

My part in sinking of the Belgrano BRIAN BRADY WESTMINSTER EDITOR (bdbrady@scotlandonsunday.com) Scotsman A REMARKABLE first-hand account of the hours leading up to one of the most controversial episodes of the Falklands War has emerged from a Scottish police constable. Steve McIntosh was a 17-year-old Royal Navy submariner when he helped hunt down and torpedo the General Belgrano, an action that cost the lives of 300 Argentinian sailors and remains hotly debated 25 years later. McIntosh, now a community beat officer with Strathclyde Police, was in the control room of HMS Conqueror, the submarine that sank the Belgrano, working in the key role of contact eva…

Not very clear yet the issue: http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/frammande-ubat-hittad-i-svenskt-vatten/ Someone suggested was a WWI British sub, but clearly not (my own research): "All the British WWI sub losses are localized and is not a British WWI sub (Russian troll idea?). And is none of these, but is an interesting story (from Wiki E-1 entry): "E1‍ 's service ended on 3 April 1918 outside Helsinki, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Harmaja Light in the Gulf of Finland. She was scuttled by her crew, along with E8, E9, E19, C26, C27, and C35 to avoid seizure by advancing German forces which had landed nearby."

Nagasaki: The Last Bomb (New Yorker)

NATO Bombed Soviet Submarines With Tiny, Annoying Magnets (War is Boring blog)

Old, silent footage from 1930's. Very interesting watching the recoveries, particularly the amphibian float planes coming in to land around minute 6:00, and the "steel beach" for Washington's Birthday.

Perhaps something of interest here (I'm not sure if 100% lawful): http://www.libramar.net/