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By SCOTT WOLFF 1st November 2018

… FEATURE ARTICLE // 36TH FIGHTER SQUADRON The storied 36th Fighter Squadron ‘Fiends’ … stuck. On June 15, 1932, the ‘Fiends’ were assigned to the 8th Pursuit Group, which would later become the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, and moved to Langley Field in the Virginia tidewater. …

By CHRIS GOSS 28th September 2018

… unscathed. There was another sortie over July 6-7. On the 8th, two He 11 Is of 9./KG 3, piloted by Uffe Wilhelm Nolte … the German survivors aware of being attacked by a night fighter and put their demise down to engine failure at low … lifted off from Manston in Kent at 1830hrs on January 5. Wing Commander Russ Bannock DFC* and Flt Lt C J Kirkpatrick …

23rd August 2018

… Grumman F-14A Tomcat’s combat capability to keep the fighter as the backbone of the IRIAF’s interceptor fleet. The … and 83rd Tactical Training Squadron at the IRIAF’s 8th Tactical Fighter Base (TFB) at Isfahan until 2040. … was even worse. The missiles had to be carried on outboard wing pylons meaning no under-wing external fuel tanks could …

By WORDS ANDREW THOMAS 1st August 2018

… to Blangermont, France, in the British sector where on the 8th it supported the Battle of Amiens. In a day of intense … with our feature unit forming part of 139 Airfield (later Wing). By this time launch bases for enemy V-1 flying bombs … began to re-equip with DH Vampire FB.5s for ground attack fighter duties. As it worked up on its first jets, training …

By Lt Col 21st June 2018

… Osan and Kunsan Air Bases are home to the US Air Force’s fighter squadrons in South Korea and include the most … airmen’s minds. USAF in Korea F-16C Block 40 89-2060 ‘WP/8th FW’ and acc ompanying 88-0465 ‘WP’ carry a typical … of Osan AB are the two F-16 squadrons of the 8th Fighter Wing (FW), stationed at Kunsan AB. Capt ‘Mace’ Dover of the …

By Paul Crickmore 3rd May 2018

… F-117. Whitley went on to command the Tonopah F-117 wing later in his career. By October 28, 1983, Senior Trend … The parent designation was changed to the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing. The 4450th ‘Nightstalkers’, together with the … Fighter Squadrons becoming the 9th FS ‘Flying Knights’ and 8th FS ‘Black Sheep’ respectively, followed in December by …

By Stefan Goossens/4Aviation 1st March 2018

… running high in the Pacific theater. The US Air Force’s 8th Fighter Wing, the famous ‘Wolf Pack’, stands at the forefront of …

29th March 2018

… Converting from the Hurricane to the largest single-seat fighter in RAF service was quite a leap. Powered by a massive … support. At Chittagong 30 and 135 Squadrons, forming 902 Wing, began operations when eight of 135’s aircraft strafed … for this large force. Over the target, six Tonys from the 8th Rensai Hikotai, an operational fighter training unit, …

29th March 2018

… it entered flight testing in 1936 the concept of a ‘heavy fighter’ or, to use naval parlance, a destroyer (hence … be its headquarters flight. RAF equivalent would be a wing. Geschwader: Plural is also Geschwader. Comprising three … attacking Soviet airfields in Lithuania. Units from the 8th Fliegerkorps operated over the border between the Soviet …

4th January 2018

… [NEWS] HEADLINES F-16CMs operated by the USAF’s 8th Fighter Wing lead a pair of F-35As from the 34th Expeditionary …

1st February 2018

… bombers between June and October 1972. Coupled with fighter-bomber sorties, the daily rate could be as high as … 750lb Mk.117 bombs internally and 12 x 500lb Mk.82s on two wing pylons. This was less than the maximum D-model load – … considerable distance from our formation.” An F-4D of the 8th TFW’s 497th TFS taking on fuel from a KC-135, August …

21st September 2017

… As part of a bid to alleviate a current shortage of fighter pilots, the USAF reactivated the 8th Fighter Squadron at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, on August … had previously flown the F-22A as part of the 49th Fighter Wing until inactivated on May 13, 2011. The 54th FG is a …

By Dave Allport 21st December 2017

… 87-0234 ‘WI’ from the 176th EFS ‘Badgers’ along with three 8th Fighter Wing F-16Cs in ‘fingertip’ formation. USAF/Senior Airman …

By Warren Thompson 4th January 2018

… Kelly left he immediately started work designing a new fighter. His plan was to create the lightest, most … Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS)/479th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), Operation ‘Two Buck’ began in mid-April 1965 when … dateline they were automatically attached to the 8th TFW. On June 7 the Starfighters began flying missions, …

By Tom Spencer 14th December 2017

… service in World War One, was ready as part of Fighter Command. It had been reformed on August 1, 1934 but … but the lull proved deceptive. In the late morning of the 8th a sweep over Kent by Bf 109s of II and III/ JG 51 and … sweeps and ‘Circus’ operations began with the Debden Wing. Twenty-one operations were flown in April and two Bf …