FIGHTER TOWN USA, TOP GUN at NAS Miramar
The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, better known as Top Gun, is the ultimate Fighter School of the United States Navy and had its home at the former Naval Air Station Miramar in...
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Peter Boschert in Mont de Marsan for the LAST MIRAGE F1
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...
Topgun in the Mid-1980s: Building on the Legacy – Part Three
PART 3: Critical Decisions and Events of the Mid-1980s. I was an F-14 RIO who joined my first Fleet fighter squadron in 1981. In 1982 I attended the Topgun class as a student (by then it was five weeks), and in 1984 I was selected to return as an instructor. The following events and decisions occurred during my time as an instructor and contributed to Topgun’s evolution and continued validity.
TF-51D Galveston Gal Lost
About noon on October 23, 2013, TF-51D N4151D Serial 44-73458 of the Lone Star Flight Museum crashed into a bay near Houston Texas. It had been on a pleasure flight taking a British tourist...
