Navy pilot who took out 4 Soviet jets in covered-up mission may get Medal of Honor

In the Korean War, Royce Williams survived the Navy’s longest dogfight. Now he’s one step closer to the military’s highest ...
Yahoo

Here's how a wildly outgunned US Navy pilot outfoxed one of the Soviet Union's best jets, scoring a string of kills in a legendary dogfight

Royce Williams was flying an inferior F9F Panther. Military aviation experts say Williams' success that day was a result of his training and readiness. More than 70 years ago, a US Navy pilot took on ...
New York Post

Former Navy pilot Royce Williams shot down four Soviet jets — and kept the feat secret for 50 years

This real-life Korean War “Top Gun” kept his war story secret for 50 years. In 1952, then-U.S. Navy pilot Royce Williams engaged in possibly the longest solo aerial dogfight against four Soviet jets, ...
The Barents Observer

New minesweeper is named after Soviet captain who commanded US-made naval vessel

The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg has put the Dmitry Lysov on the water. The ship, which will be based in the ...
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Why the Soviet Union built this jet that turned into a disaster

The Yak-38 was meant to give the Soviet Navy a modern VTOL fighter, but it quickly became one of the most unreliable jets ever put on a carrier. Its triple-engine layout consumed fuel, demanded ...
The National Interest

How the Soviet Union ‘Defeated’ the Best Navy Submarine Ever

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Seawolf-class submarines are outstanding submarines, but the Cold War mindset at the time of development accepted high performance and consequently high costs to ...
The National Interest

The Soviet Navy Had Help in Building This Submarine from a Ring of American Spies

Wracked by debt, Walker turned to espionage. He, and the spy ring he recruited, including many of his own family, sold information to the Soviet Union for nearly 20 years. Here's What You Need to ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Escondido aviator who shot down four Soviet MiGs in ‘extraordinary’ secret dogfight awarded Navy Cross

In one of the most masterful pieces of flying in Navy history, Royce Williams of Escondido took on seven Soviet MiGs in Korea in 1952 and shot down four of them in a solo dogfight that was kept secret ...
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The private company that owned the world's sixth largest navy

In 1989, due to Soviet law, PepsiCo executive Don Kendall brokered a historic, bizarre deal to trade Pepsi syrup for a fleet ...
TASS

Russian Navy took delivery of 4 submarines, 8 surface ships over past year — Shoigu

According to the Russian defense minister, the frigate Admiral of the Soviet Union Navy Gorshkov, armed with Tsirkon hypersonic missiles, has successfully completed the mission of combat service in ...