Why The US Air Force Will Reduce Aircraft Maintenance AFSCs From Over 50 To 7
The USAF aircraft maintenance program continues to evolve as America strengthens it warfighting posture worldwide.
'What country am I in?' Famed Black Air Force general slams Trump's DEI crusade
Lloyd "Fig" Newton was just the seventh African American to become a four-star general. He says Trump is trying to whitewash ...
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52 Years After a US Spy Plane Was Shot Down over Laos, a Family Still Fights for Answers: Did the Crew All Perish or Were Half of Them Left Behind?
The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.
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Operation Linebacker Featured Epic Vietnam War Air-to-Air Combat
To bolster its beleaguered Army of the Republic of Vietnam ally, the U.S. military sent airpower assets in force. As I’ve ...
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Evaluating the TP-150 “Flying Legend,” Vietnam’s Indigenous Trainer Aircraft
If the TP-150 gains popularity with Western air forces, it would be a tangible symbol of the Vietnamese People’s Air Force ...
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Australian Forward Air Controllers Fought Hard in the Vietnam War
This is the story of how America’s Australian allies joined the fight against Communist tyranny in Vietnam. This coming April will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. With all ...
First Black aircraft carrier captain risks career for daring rescue amid Saigon chaos at end of Vietnam War
Larry Chambers' orders saved lives by pushing helicopters into the sea during the end of the Vietnam War. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In April 1975, as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon, Americans ...
See the US Air Force's 'Franken-bird' F-35 made from wrecked stealth fighters take its first flight
Restoring the salvaged 'Franken-bird' F-35A Lightning fighter jet cost an estimated $6 million, a fraction of the $80 million ...
Air Force Pilot Vanished Over Vietnam During Mission in 1967, and Officials Say They Solved the Case
Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing disappeared during a nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam, officials said ...
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Columbus pilot Donald Downing, killed during Vietnam War, found and returned to family after 57 years
After more than a half-century, a southern Wisconsin Air Force ... of two aircraft conducting a nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam.