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By DARREN HARBAR 28th July 2023

… in the distinctive colours of the Duxford -based 78th Fighter Group ’s (FG) 84th Fighter Squadron (FS) are not an … Rebuilt using an Australian-built airframe with new wing spars, the aircraft adopted the identity of 44-13903, … friend’ are a great memorial to those who served with the 8th Air Force across Europe during the war. Georg then points …

By Michael O'Leary 4th July 2023

… and 64th Troop Carrier Groups (TCGs) were assigned to the 8th Air Force (in June, September and August 1942 … UK-based TCGs were assigned to the new 51st Troop Carrier Wing during September 1942 and transferred to the Middle East … occasionally ran across the C-47s, which only had limited fighter cover – the results were unfortunately predictable. …

By Ben Stanley Hall 15th March 2023

… belongs to the 354th Special Purpose Aviation Regiment/8th Special Purpose Air Division, which is based at the … IX Squadron, part of the deployed 140 Expeditionary Air Wing, said, "We were scrambled to intercept an aircraft that … and maintain flight safety for all airspace users. As a fighter pilot, this was a routine business, even though I was …

By Khalem Chapman 16th January 2023

… News Agency that the first examples of the multi-role fighter , which are believed to be the Su-35SE variant of the … the newly acquired Su-35s are expected to be based at the 8th Tactical Air Base (TAB) in Esfahan, which is currently … from Russia . The IRIAF currently operates 303 fixed-wing combat aircraft – of which, 180 of them are US-made …

By George Karavantos 28th January 2023

… of Greece and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at 115 Combat Wing in Souda Air Base, Crete, last autumn. The exercise was … belonging to the 4th Squadron and 16th Squadron of the 8th Wing based at Prince Abdullah Air Base in Jeddah. An … the point where it is ready to select its 5th generation fighter aircraft. Since the early 1980s, Saudi Arabia has …

By Tom Kaminski 22nd November 2022

… (NAF). Additionally, PACAF is gaining command for an ANG wing in Hawaii and two in Alaska along with an Air Force Reserve Command fighter group. Assigned to PACAF Headquarters, the 613th AOC … Force/Air Forces Korea (7 AF/AFKOR) is responsible for the 8th FW at Kunsan AB and 51st FW at Osan AB. Additionally, the …

By Tom Kaminski 9th January 2023

… F-15Cs and one two-seat F-15D from the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons (FS). The initial leg of the return flight … Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) via the 5th Air Force, the 18th Wing is referred to as an 'objective' or 'composite' wing and … The event was hosted by the Japan Air Self Defence Force’s 8th Air Wing. During the same period the Eagles also …

By DARREN HARBAR 23rd January 2023

… Tiger Moth, little details are evident too, such as the wing-mounted ASI, not a normal fit on RAF airframes but … following year the airframe was on charge with the 353rd Fighter Group (FG) at RAF Metfield in Suffolk. Sporting … assist a downed pilot, Lt Vernon A Leatherman of the 351st Fighter Squadron. Having come across Leatherman’s P-47 …

By DARREN HARBAR 23rd November 2022

… reveals why and details their operations with the 309th Fighter Squadron in North Africa In 1940, with war raging in … heading to Europe that were using P-39s back home. The 8th Fighter Command’s 4th Fighter Group (FG) was formed in … was very enthusiastic about the performance of the clipped wing job” – so much so that his venerable WZ-GJ had its …

By Andy Thomas 3rd December 2022

… a second attempt. The aircraft was hit in the starboard wing, which started an uncontrollable fire that quickly … Bates, who was celebrating his 31st birthday! Under heavy fighter escort from seven squadrons of North American … two aircraft bombed. The Urft was targeted again on the 8th by 205 Lancasters from 5 Group. This time, 9 and 617 …

By JAN TEGLER 13th October 2022

… with the P-51 Mustangs he named Old Crow . But the first fighter to which ‘Bud’ had that moniker applied was a Bell … in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Cyrier pivoted the Central Texas Wing’s P-39Q around to the right, braked to a stop and cut … in Britain. Anderson explains that all the Mustangs in the 8th Air Force wore olive drab paint with white spinner, wing …

By Alan F Crouchman 19th August 2022

… errands. Of the thousands of aircraft that flew with the 8th Bomber Command only a scant few have survived the ravages … upper part of the fin, which was repeated on the starboard wing's upper surface. The diagonal stripe signified a unit of … Meadows, the only pilot to fly her on two occasions. No fighter opposition was encountered but flak did manage to …

By TONY FAIRBAIRN 13th July 2022

… pilot, and at that point chief of staff of the 2nd Combat Wing, who would be occupying the second seat in the Mosquito. … . ❖ By September Brig Gen Ira Eaker, who had led the 8th Air Force advance party to England, was involved in the … swiftly, and in mid-December the US requested night fighter Mosquitos, “including three squadrons in the UK to …

By Ben Dunnell 24th October 2022

… Missions over occupied Europe with bombers of the US 8th Air Force would be a tougher test of this aeronautical … Through them one could just distinguish the orange of the wing and the blue of the sea, blurred and indistinct. All the … made a military area and is the headquarters of several fighter and bomber squadrons of the Netherlands Army Air …

By DOUG GORDON 17th August 2022

… caused by the huge propellers, which damaged the wing flaps. To study and test the structural integrity of the … the altitude or speed required to ensure survival from fighter attack.  In October 1948 Convair had proposed hanging … briefly assigned to the 99th SRW as part of the FICON (Fighter Conveyor) project. Each was designed to carry a …