The story of the mostly 554 Anglo-Argentine pilots that joined the Royal Air Force in World War II, of which 122 died ... was learning to fly fighter bombers in Pearl Harbour when the Japanese ...
Dr. William Ramsey, a professor of history at Lander University, kicked off the community lecture series Sept. 3 at the ...
A HERO RAF pilot has described how he managed to avoid disaster when all the controls on his Typhoon fighter jet went dark. Flight Lieutenant Ben Davies had to fly without instruments or even ...
The aircraft was also flown by U.S. and Soviet pilots ... World War II aircraft is as famous as the Supermarine Spitfire. The British-made single-seat fighter aircraft was used by the Royal Air ...
According to a memo, the Air Force reported that the service is short by 1,848 pilots, with “1,142 of those being fighter pilots.” Still, the memo identified a “significant but necessary ...
RAF pilot Harry Garthwaite flew hundreds of missions ... He said: “I was constantly at risk of meeting German fighter planes or receiving enemy ground fire due to my low altitude.
Tony Blackman, who has died aged 96, was an RAF fighter pilot who later joined Avro, where he tested over 100 of the delta-wing Vulcan bombers and rose to be chief test pilot. He was invited to ...
Taiwan's defense ministry says a fighter jet crashed during a nighttime training exercise on Tuesday but the pilot who ejected has been found safe TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A Taiwanese fighter jet crashed ...
(Senior Airman Ashley Crist/U.S. Air Force) U.S. Air Force pilots graduating from training courses with the T-38 Talon may be required to fly non-fighter or bomber aircraft as a result of pilot ...
The pilots who were killed were an instructor and a trainee on a training mission, it said. Military and judicial investigations are underway into the causes of the accident. The pilot of one ...
U.S. allies supplied the fighter jets, and Ukrainian pilots have been training for months in the United States to fly them. The first F-16s arrived in Ukraine early in August. The official who ...