was the first production aircraft purpose-built with air-to-air weaponry. The Gunbus was configured as a “pusher” (the propeller was located behind the engine), as engineers had not yet developed a synchronizing device that would allow a machine gun's bullets to pass between the blades of...
strafe inAirforce topic From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstrafe/streɪf, strɑːf$streɪf/verb[transitive]toattacka place from anaircraftbyflyinglowandfiringa lot ofbullets→ SeeVerb tableExamples from the Corpusstrafe•Sixfightersthen passed over but made noattempttostrafe.•...
Of the two South Africans sacrificed in this rather misunderstood, baffling and brutal war, it is this one – Everitt Murray Lance (called ‘Lofty’ because of his height) who really stands out for two reasons – he served as a pilot in the South African Air Force prior to fighting in t...
NCO in Charge, first sergeant, commander, and flight commander will keep bugging you to finish your CDC’s and it’ll be the first thing they ask you about every time they see you. The sooner you finish, the sooner people will leave you alone. It’s also an easy way to stand...
Moral of the story: we should each be prepared for the challenges of pre-FM flying, whether on an eval flight or just taking the family on a Sunday afternoon cruise.
Five months later, on a mission over Berlin, Rosenthal again was shot down, this time being picked up by the Soviets before returning to duty. After the war the Jewish-born attorney participated in the Nuremberg trials, where he personally interrogated Hermann Göring, commander of the ...
Air traffic control cleared all airspace below 4,000 feet aead of the crippled B-36B. Aircraft Commander Hildebrandt was flying on instruments in thick clouds. The poor weather at Kelly Air Force Base convinced Hildebrandt to change course from Kelly to Carswell Air Force Base, passing by Bergs...
A side effect of the air war--some say it may be a primary objective--has been that civilian backers of the guerrillas have been terrorized and have taken flight from rebel-dominated areas. Human rights groups charge that the Salvadoran air force engages in “indiscriminate” bombing of civi...
in the future. later that month, he named mcchrystal the new commander for the afghanistan war. this air force operations center now coordinates only three to five aerial assaults a month. photo: courtesy of us air forces central on july 2 — after two weeks on the job — mcchrystal ...
The 22nd Bombardment Wing shared its commander with the 301st Bombardment Wing until the 22nd moved to March AFB on 09 May 1949. The name of the base was changed to Smoky Hill Air Force Base in January of 1948. The Defense Department deactivated the base in August of 1949, with the 301...