Thud Pilots Talk about Route Pack 6
Thunderchief pilots faced three formidable enemies over North Vietnam: antiaircraft guns, SA-2 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and MiG-17s and -21s. On a recent visit to the National Air and Space...
View ArticleLeo Thorsness, Thud Pilot & His Medal of Honor
The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to THORSNESS, LEO K. Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel (then Maj.), U.S. Air...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of a Retired Fighter Pilot
Jeannie Beckers, Lyle Becker’s wife, found this video that all fighter pilots must watch. I personally don’t know anybody like the retired fighter jock in the video. Here are some of my favorite...
View ArticleWhat I Miss about Flying the F-4
I was very lucky to have been able to fly the F-4 Phantom for five years in the United States Air Force from 1971 – 1976, including three years teaching men to fly the F-4 while an instructor at George...
View ArticleAce Fighter Pilot Bud Anderson
October of 2014 World Word II fighter pilot Colonel Clarence “Bud” Anderson spoke at the American Fighter Aces Association about his life and shooting down 16 and one half German airplanes. The post...
View ArticleUSAF Needs More Fighter Squadrons & Fighter Pilots
VOANews: “The U.S. Air Force says a shortage of fighter pilots has become so dire that it is struggling to satisfy combat requirements abroad. ‘We have too few squadrons to meet the combatant...
View ArticleLt. Col. Nicole Malachowski First Female Thunderbird Pilot
Lt. Col. Nicole Malachowski was the first woman member of the USAF demonstration team, the Thunderbirds. She is now the squadron commander of an F-15 squadron. The post Lt. Col. Nicole Malachowski...
View ArticleRiver Rats 50th Reunion Documentary
BMB Productions and Emmy Award winner producer Michael Lattin made a movie about the 50th anniversary reunion of the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association, aka River Rats held in Louisville, KY....
View ArticleGuy Gets Backseat F-16 Ride & Refuels
OK this isn’t an F-4 video, but it’s a great fighter video. It documents the flight of a civilian who got a two hour ride in the backseat of an Alabama Air National Guard 30 year old F-16 Falcon....
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