Situated on the north eastern outskirts of Las Vegas Nevada, Nellis AFB is the jewel in USAF’s crown, with its vast training area and easy access. For the aviation enthusiast it can be a mecca, with its varied and at times fast-paced levels of activity. In terms of based aircraft and...
Technically, the aircraft in this photo isn't an F4F Wildcat at all - it's painted up in a North Atlantic paint scheme as one of those British aircraft. The British didn't originally refer to this aircraft as "Wildcats", instead they assigned the name "Martlet" to them. If you're ...
so a "chin" turret with two 50 caliber machine guns was added under the nose of the B-17G, in addition to the two nose guns which can be seen protruding in this photo. This brought the total number of heavy machine guns up to thirteen, enabling these aircraft to fight their way thro...