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By Babak Taghvaee 12th January 2022

… Oman. Aviation assets in the exercise comprised 16 fixed-wing aircraft, including 14 Iranian Air Force fighters, … large scale air force exercise that involved more than 80 fighter jets.   Defending the coast Joint Exercise … Chabahar, while the F-4Es, which belonged to the 6th and 8th Tactical Fighter Bases, flew to Konarak from Bushehr and …

By Dino Carrara 20th September 2021

… Capt. G. H. Davis – both of whom operated with the U.S. 8th Air Force in England towards the closing stages of the … the English coast for this second attack, we saw our first fighter, a Spitfire 14, which made an approach on our port … The trails appeared to come from quite distinctly from wing-tips, engine-nacelles, and the tips of the tailplane and …

29th October 2021

… on landing, wiping off the undercarriage and lower port wing. Undeterred, by 16 June he had notched up another four … as CO, No 84 Squadron changed from being a bomber to a fighter squadron, as reflected in Proctor’s logbook with … the victorious advance of our armies commencing on August 8th, has been almost unsurpassed in its brilliancy, and as …

By Tom Kaminski 24th August 2021

… its reputation as the world’s most capable air superiority fighter. Tom Kaminski explores its entry into service through … and the first operational F-22A was delivered to the 53rd Wing’s 422nd Test & Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, … 7th FS received its first aircraft. Deliveries to the 8th FS followed in December 2009 and a reserve association …

20th August 2021

… the Pacific, but not by design. Fortunately, the Lockheed fighter entered service at the ‘right time’ and the ‘right … rudder pressure in flight. The control handles for wheels, wing flaps, coolant and oil flaps, gun charging and hydraulic … and 16-kill ace, Capt George S Welch of the 80th FS/8th FG, discovered this at first hand on August 20, 1943, …

21st July 2021

… the ideal setting of the fuselage in relation to the wing is not achieved because the nett air reaction on the … this machine which will have to compete in aerobatics as a fighter. I feel sure that in normal flight the rolling … MITCHELL’S REPLY: I wish to refer to your memo of the 8th instant, with reference to the above machine. The …

By Inside Stories MARTIN MARAUDER 21st July 2021

… the Battle of Rimini). This was an all-out attack by the 8th Army on the famous Gothic Line –a string of … by enemy fighters, which was fortunate, as they had no fighter escort of their own –a regular hindrance during early … the sister squadrons (12 and 24 Squadrons) that made up 3 Wing were lost. It prompted Wilson to write in his diary: …

27th May 2021

… capped at 1,050 aircraft and will a new fourth-generation fighter supplant the 700 cancelled Joint Strike Fighters? Jon … to be.   As a Colonel, General ‘CQ’ Brown commanded the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Brown brings hard-won …

By Babak Taghvaee 18th March 2021

… of retirements. On November 20, 2020, the JASDF’s 301st Fighter Squadron retired its 18 McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ … continuing until the end of 1987. The JASDF’s Air Proving Wing (APW) conducted the tests on the first modified F-4EJ … Squadron (TFS) of 6 Kokudan based at Komatsu; 304th TFS of 8th Air Wing at Tsuiki; and 305th Hikotai of 7th Air Wing at …

22nd February 2021

… were airworthy. The aircraft serve the 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) and 83rd Tactical Training Squadron (TTS) flying from the 8th Tactical Fighter Base (TFB). The 81st TFS was put on high … As soon as one of the MiG- 25PDs appeared on the left wing of the P-3F and signalled to its pilot to fly to Baku, …

By Col Steven K Ladd 21st January 2021

… the 81st TFW. The author was operations officer for the wing’s forward operating location at Nörvenich, West Germany, … 'From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog: Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot', I spent a lot of time thinking about how I … target in southern Russia.  An F-4D of the 435th TFS, 8th TFW armed with two GBU-10 LGBs and Sidewinder missiles  …

By Jon Lake 4th February 2021

… artillery (AAA), surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), fighter aircraft and other air defense systems. … enhanced H-6KH variant has emerged, with two additional wing pylons for KG600/800 jamming pods and with provision for … runway and facilities equivalent to a typical mainland fighter base. A larger base on Subi Reef (Zhubi Reef) has a …

21st May 2020

… COB location. Waddington was parented by the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) at Upper Heyford, Wittering the 81st TFW at … These TAC airborne command posts were operated by the 8th Tactical Deployment Control Squadron at Tinker AFB, …

By Malcolm V Lowe 29th October 2020

… take-off unit could be carried beneath each wing, often augmenting the Jumo 004’s comparatively … Magirus-Bombe gun pack supposedly fitted to this night-fighter airframe, which crashed at Oranienburg in February … from which to operate safely. On May 5, 1945 KG 76’s 8th Staffel flew its remaining Ar 234B-2s to Stavanger-Sola …

31st October 2020

… evolution, we present here the incredible story of how a fighter designed in the mid-1930s could continue in … Mk.IV (also known as Mk.XX) DP851 started, testing the new wing destined for the Mk.21. Nov 9: Prototype Seafire III, … TM383 started trials as the Seafire F.46 prototype, on the 8th. Oct:    Prototype PR.XIX SW777 first flown. Oct 5: …