Lakenheath´s Strike Eagles
The 48th FW is home-based at the largest US Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. 4,600 active soldiers and 900 civilians from the UK are working and caring for 50 F-15E Strike Eagles and the 21 F-15C/Ds of...
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Luke Air Force Base – Pilot Training in Arizona with the 56th Fighter Wing
Luke Air Force Base is in the vicinity of Glendale and Sun City, Arizona and was named after the flying Ace of the First World War and Member of the Medal of Honor, Frank Luke. 7,500 millitary personal with...
Peter Boschert at the 493rd Grim Reapers in Lakenheath
RAF Lakenheath, 493rd FS GRIM REAPERS, the last fighters of United States Air Force Europe The 493rd Fighter Squadron “Grim Reapers“ of the 48th Fighter Wing, the “Liberty Wing“ looks back to a long and proud history. The squadron...
2012 Aviation Nation: A Photographer’s Mother Lode
The annual Aviation Nation air show at Nellis AFB, NV is a fitting finale to the 2012 Air Force show season. The home-based Thunderbirds, and the Air Combat Command’s F-22 Demonstration and Heritage Flight Team flew their last performances...
Colonel (Ret.) Gaillard “Evil” Peck – Bio
Colonel Gail Peck was born at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the 1st son of Air Corps Lt Gaillard and Lois Peck. He was raised in the military attending school in occupied Japan and the...
