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By Tara Leggett 25th August 2020

… raid on Germany’s Bremen – as an aircraft commander with 8th Air Force’s 379th Bombing Group. Assigned to the 527th … On January 11, 1944 Col James Howell Howard of the 356th Fighter Squadron was flying his regular P-51B Mustang – … to distract them while the B-17’s flew towards safety. 1.Wing-walking to live On March 27, 1918, 18-year-old 2nd Royal …

By BOB ARCHER 1st September 2020

… took place The C-118A 53-3256, of the 1611th Air Transport Wing at McGuire AFB, New Jersey, landing at Prestwick in … while strengthening aviation elements with additional fighter squadrons. Following several minor confrontations, … DoD announced that the 49th TFW’s three components, 7th, 8th and 9th TFSs at Spangdahlem AB, and the 417th TFS of the …

1st October 2020

… with escort from two Mosquito/ Beaufighter long-range fighter squadrons. For night ‘ops’ against E-boats, the … These were Z.24, Z.32 and ZH.1 of 8. Zerstörerflottile (8th Destroyer Flotilla) from Bordeaux. The aircraft attacked … in the Gironde Estuary to the rockets of Davidstow Strike Wing Beaufighters, led by Wg Cdr Bill Tacon DFC AFC. He was …

By Matthew Willis 10th September 2020

… conception of the de Havilland Hornet as a Pacific theatre fighter seemed distant, but this changed in 1948 with the … jungle near Kedah — the most in a single day was 20 on the 8th. Photographic reconnaissance became increasingly common … bonded wood-metal ribs and spars, and metal-skinned wing under-surfaces. Finally, the wing aerofoil was updated …

By CHRIS GOSS 13th August 2020

… Bf 110 was the Luftwaffe’s first long-range twin-engined fighter, the Bf 110C variant being armed with four … 9 April 1940. I./ZG 76 had just moved to Westerland on the 8th. Now, 1./ZG 76 headed for Oslo-Fornebu to provide air … ventral and wingtip fuel tanks for greater range, the wing tanks being the only ones that could be jettisoned. I./ …

By VIC FLINTHAM 9th July 2020

… No 250 Squadron Mustang III KH538/T heads this line. The fighter-bombers were active all day on April, in the case of … the village of Cotignola. From north to south were the 8th Indian Division at the upper point of the salient, the … were taken, this Mitchell of the AAF’s 57th Bombardment Wing being escorted to the target by a 325th Fighter Group …

By Tom Spencer 16th July 2020

… blunting of the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, Fighter Command underwent further expansion in preparation … losses continued for the rest of the year, with the Ibsley Wing often being led into action by its dynamic CO Wg Cdr Ian … but returned to Ibsley early in March. From there on the 8th, in company with 234 and 501 Sqns, 118 mounted a fighter …

By Khalem Chapman 5th May 2020

… the landing mishap of an F-16C Fighting Falcon multi-role fighter at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, have been released … KST). It involved a PACAF-operated F-16C, assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing (FW), which was landing at the South Korean air base.  …

By THOMAS McKELVEY CLEAVER 14th May 2020

… CHRIS SANDHAM-BAILEY Capt Quince L. Brown of the 84th Fighter Squadron was the regular pilot of this 78th Fighter … was off the leading edges of all the flying surfaces, the wing spars had been pulled back and the sheet metal had … attacks on the German aviation industry. At the same time, 8th Technical Command distributed 200-gallon ferry tanks to …

By Ian Baxter 1st April 2020

… which had dispatched Lufflotte 4’s (Air Fleet 4) 8th Air Corps. It comprised nine Geschwader (wings) fielding … three Gruppe (squadrons) assigned to a Luftwaffe combat wing. From the very beginning of hostilities StG 77 performed … occurred in the following weeks. Although Soviet fighter forces were weak, antiaircraft fire from the Black …

By Adrian M Balch 19th March 2020

… in the UK, when two aircraft of the 306th Bombardment Wing (BW) en route to Fairford diverted to Brize Norton, … Eldorado Canyon. On April 15, F-111Fs of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing attacked targets in Libya to demonstrate the … Peter R Foster Using aircraft from continental US-based 8th Air Force units, the 2nd Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) …

By Andrew Fletcher 9th April 2020

… in the area and where he was likely to experience flak or fighter opposition. Driven over to the ‘F’ Flight dispersal … credited with another. The increasing strength of the US 8th Air Force meant it could make deeper, more numerous … being targeted on 18 March. The B-24s of the 2nd Bomb Wing (44th and 93rd Bomb Groups), along with the B-17s of the …

By Jamie Hunter 10th February 2020

… At a time when the US Air Force wants to accelerate fighter aircraft development under a ‘Digital Century … two years later on December 12, 2007, as the 1st Fighter Wing was declared ready for combat. It was a bittersweet time … was equipped with 18 F-22s transferred from Elmendorf. The 8th FS ‘Black Sheep’ soon became Holloman’s second Raptor …

2nd January 2020

… of National Accord (GNA) forces on December 7. The fighter went down south of Tripoli near Al-Zawiya. The pilot … 5. • The pilot of an F-16C, assigned to the USAF’s 8th Fighter Wing’s 35th Fighter Squadron, suff ered minor injuries after …

By Alexander Mladenov 2nd January 2020

… MILITARY aviation enjoys a continued resurgence, its fixed-wing flight training system is facing a serious problem. A … operative tactical streams who should be bound for fighter and frontalbomber/attack units. The problem chiefly … bomber/military transport course. In addition, the 8th Aviation Facility at Kushchevskaya near Krasnodar …