F-15 Eagles in Europe
The F-15 Eagle, probably the best air superiority fighter ever built, made its first flight in 1972. One thousand eight hundred seventeen Eagles were built for the United States Air Force: F-15A 384 F-15B 61...
Author: Peter Boschert
FIGHTER WEAPONS SCHOOL Nellis AFB (FWC)
The FIGHTER WEAPONS SCHOOL of the USAF (FWC) is located at the Nellis AFB in Nevada and belongs to the 57th Wing (57th WG). Nowadays, the school teaches with nearly every type of aircraft...
Aggressor Squadron Nellis AFB (64th and 65th AGRS)
The two Aggressor Squadrons belong to the 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base. The 64th Aggressor Squadron (AGRS) was activated at Nellis in 1972. At that time, the Squadron was equipped with the...
The Last Flight Of The CH-53G In Germany.
The CH-53 was developed in the early 1960s as a fast, all-weather and heavy transport helicopter for the United States Marine Corps. The German Bundeswehr bought 112 of these transport helicopters beginning in 1972, which...
European Air Forces at Red Flag
The well-known Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas in Nevada, are not only used by their sponsor, the United States Air Force (USAF), but by many armed forces. With...
Peter Boschert onboard the Nimitz Class CVN-68 to CVN-77
The beginning of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers really began with the construction of the USS John F. Kennedy, which is visually similar to the carriers of the Nimitz Class. At the beginning of the construction of...
NAS Fallon and TOP GUN/NSAWC
The airfield at Naval Air Station Fallon is named in honor of Lieutenant Van Voorhis (1908-1943), who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. NAS Fallon is located in northern Nevada, east of the...
Tankerflight with German Airbus A.310MRTT at Joint Warrior 2015
The German Air Force bought four Airbus A.310-304 aircraft between 1996 and 1999 for the refueling of their fighters (Tornado and Eurofighter). They were initially converted into Multi-Role-Transport (MRT) aircraft and later received additional removable...
TUTOR ET ULTOR – “Protector and Defender” Holloman AFB
The base was founded as Alamogordo Army Air Field on 10th of June 1942 as a training field for much needed pilots in the USAAF. On 13th January 1948, the base was renamed to honor...
Last Tomcats at NAS Oceana
The movie “Top Gun” made the F-14 Tomcat famous to most everyone. In 1997, after Naval Air Station Miramar was transferred to the United States Marine Corps, all F-14 Tomcats were moved to the...
VMFAT-101 SHARPSHOOTERS – “Fighter Attack starts here”
Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) was established at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California on January 3rd 1969. The squadron trained naval aviators and naval flight officers for the McDonnell Douglas...
AMARG (309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Tucson, Arizona)
In March 2015 I was in Tucson once again and was able to spend a day in the area of the 309th AMARG. The third largest Air Force in the world sits here on 2,600...
