A designated Marine Corps F/A-18 aviator must complete nearly four years of training The largest F/A-18 Hornet squadron in the U.S. Marine Corps is Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101…
When the Dornier Do 217 used the radio-guided, free-fall “Fritz X” weapon to sink the Italian battleship Roma, it made aviation history by being the first military aircraft to use…
Tech. Sgt. Wesley Walker, an aircraft armament systems technician with the 354th Maintenance Squadron, was given the opportunity to view the mission from a vantage point he had never experienced…
The T-12 Cloudmaker was twice as big and weighed 44,000 lb overall. It was based on the British-designed 22,000lb (10,000kg) Grand Slam created by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis during…
Today, only slightly more than 5% of LaRivee’s job area is occupied by women, compared to her mother’s rarity as a female cadet in 1976 According to Senior Airman Sam…
‘German fighters could be seen coming up from the ground and I have never seen so many at one time,’ Captain Robert K. Morgan, pilot of B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis…
The F-15 2040C concept is an extension of the Silent Eagle idea put forth to South Korea, focusing primarily on the most advanced air capabilities and lethality while also incorporating…
The Bf 109 that initially attacked him was swerving to catch up to the G.1, but 1e Lt. Gerben Sonderman employed the Fokker’s superior maneuverability to turn into a firing…
These simulators have a significant pricing advantage over actual F-15C flights, costing less than 1% of what an actual flight would normally cost The Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB) 337th…
Even though KAL 007’s wreckage had fallen in the Sea of Japan’s international waters, Kadena’s F-15C Eagles had to defend P-3 aircraft from Soviet fighters on the prowl while they…