The 187th Fighter Wing of the Alabama Air National Guard’s F-16 Vipers carries on the Tuskegee Airmen’s legacy The Tuskegee Airmen’s legacy has given the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW)…
THE STORY OF THE A-10 MAINTAINER WHO BECAME THUNDERBIRDS CHIEF ENLISTED MANAGER
As Thunderbirds chief enlisted manager, Hughes will provide advisory skills to the commander about aircraft maintenance and be the enlisted force manager for two years Upon enlisting as an F-15…
Impressive video shows Antonov An-225 Mriya blowing away runway fence at RAF Brize Norton
The impressive video in this post shows the giant Antonov An-225 Mriya blowing away the perimeter fence of the base runway at the moment of the takeoff. Taken on Jun.…
On March 2, 2017, Lt. Col. Steven R. Smith, a flying instructor with the 93rd Bomb Squadron, surpassed the 10,000-hour milestone in the B-52 Stratofortress At Barksdale Air Force Base…
When 4,300 Italian soldiers surrendered to an RAF Swordfish pilot
One of the most incredible events of World War II occurred on June 12, 1943, when an army surrendered to an RAF Swordfish pilot One of the most amazing events…
The story of United Airlines Flight 173, the plane crash that launched the crew resource management revolution in airline training
The crash of United Airlines Flight 173 led the airline industry as a whole to adopt Crew Resource Management (CRM). United Airlines was the first to use this in 1981,…
Thunderbirds honored man who jumped off bridge to save 18-month-old girl with a flight in their F-16D
The USAF Thunderbirds honored Jonathan Bauer, a man who jumped off a bridge to save an 18-month-old girl who plunged into a bay during a car crash, with a flight…
The Hungarian Air Force female Mi-24 pilot who scored two simulated gun kills against US Air National Guard F-15C Eagle fighters
A few times, Lt. Éva ‘Vivi’ Horváth, the female pilot of one of the Mi-24V was able to keep a firm “target lock” on an F-15 in the gunsight, while…
In order to support U.S. CENTCOM Operation Inherent Resolve, Green Flag East 17-03 saw the participation of over 30,000 U.S. Army Soldiers and over 1,000 Airmen Airmen from the 23rd…
The F-16 #89-114, which responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in a group photo
As part of its 20th-anniversary commemoration efforts for 9/11, the Eastern Air Defense Sector arranged for a unit photograph to be taken at the nearby Griffiss International Airport on June…