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• Red Flag 14-1

  In air force, Exercises, fighters, military / 26 February 2014 / Comments are Disabled

  

  Las Vegas, NV- The 414th Combat Training Squadron of Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) hosted the first of its 2014 series of Red Flag training exercises from January 27th -February 14th. Red Flag is a series of high intensity air to air combat exercises that include various participants from all over the world as well as the United States. Having

  

• 2014 Luke AFB Open House & Air Show

  In air force, Airshow, fighters, military / 26 February 2014 / Comments are Disabled

  

  For the most current information for this event please visit the official Luke Air Force Base 2014 Open House Air Show web page General Info: March 15 & 16, 2014 (Saturday and Sunday) Time: 9A – 6P 9 a.m. – gates open, static aircraft viewable, vendors open 11 a.m. – air show begins 4 p.m. – air show ends 6

  

• General Chuck Yeager Interview- By Dr.Sky

  In fighters, Interviews, legends / 21 January 2014 / Comments are Disabled

  

  Here is a rare interview that I did back in 2006, with General Chuck Yeager, the first official man, to break the sound barrier, back in October 1947……. It is hard to believe that it has been some 67 years since that great moment in time….and only 44 years after the Wright Brothers, started the whole flying thing! General Yeager

  

• Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Five

  In fighters, military, navy / 3 January 2014 / Comments are Disabled

  

  PART 5: Supplemental Notes Further Reading: Donald E. Auten’s Roger Ball! The Odyssey of John Monroe “Hawk” Smith, Navy Fighter Pilot, tells the story of an influential figure in Topgun and the Navy fighter community and provide additional information on topics covered in this article. Robert K. Wilcox’s Scream of Eagles is an exciting and detailed description of the Navy’s

  

• Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Four

  In fighters, military, navy / 20 December 2013 / Comments are Disabled

  

  (Sporty F-5E joins on his flight lead seconds after takeoff from NAS Miramar.) PART 4: The Only Constant Is Change All organizations either evolve or expire, and NFWS is no exception. In the years and decades after I left, Topgun underwent many changes – some necessitated by the increasing complexity of warfare, while others were simply ideas whose time had

  

• Peter Boschert in Mont de Marsan for the LAST MIRAGE F1

  In europe, featured, fighters, military / 16 December 2013 / Comments are Disabled

  

  The last flying Mirage F.1 in Europe. In the near future (June 2014), France will retire the last Mirage F.1CR. At the moment ER02.033 is the last active unit based at BA118 Mont-de-Marsan and it has 20 Mirage F.1 on strength, 17 F.1CR and 3 F.1B. The unit is active and intergrated in NATO till its end. In the beginning