The head of the Air Force Reserve, Lt. Gen. John Bradley now can claim a feat rarely accomplished by career fighter pilots, he has accumulated 7,000 flying hours. An Air Force Reserve Command release says Bradley’s feat is nearly twice the hours that an average career fighter pilot accumulates. And, Bradley intends to keep flying F-16s until his retirement in summer 2008.
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles have roared out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., for the last time. The 104th Fighter Wing’s last three F-15Cs departed the base Oct. 23 for the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ending the aircraft's era on the frontlines of homeland defense.
