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CF-5 refuels from a 707 tanker.

F-5 Pilot’s Double Engine Flameout While Refueling Over The Atlantic

By Dan McWilliams / Published Mar 5, 2024

CF-18 Cold War

Hornet Pilot’s Cold War Mission Left Him In The “Buffer Zone” Between East And West

By Dan McWilliams / Published Feb 22, 2024

CT-114 student pilot story

Military Flight Instructor’s Most Important Lesson: Student Pilots Will Try To Kill You

By Dan McWilliams / Published Jan 5, 2024

A solo student plugged in to the tanker. Note how large the solid steel basket is, and how close it is to the delicate fighter

F-5 Pilot’s Early Struggles Aerial Refueling The Underpowered Jet

By Dan McWilliams / Published Nov 6, 2023

CF-18 False canopy

False Canopies On Fighters Work, One Almost Killed Me

By Dan McWilliams / Published Aug 28, 2023