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RAF Lakenheath, U.K. On the night of April 13, 2024, U.S. Air Force crews took to the skies in the Middle East, having received word that Iran had launched one-way attack drones and missiles at Israel. In one F-15E in...
Creator, Innovator, and Advocate for an Independent Air Force.
WORLD: Obituary: Brig. Gen. Clarence "Bud" Anderson, WWII Triple Ace and Test Pilot dies at 102.
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The Air Force’s first African American Airmen helped win World War II, then helped integrate the Armed Forces.
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Howard C. “Scrappy” Johnson, a Collier Trophy winner and founder of the Red River Valley Pilots Association—also known as the “River Rats”—died Dec. 9, 2020, at age 100. Johnson flew hundreds of combat missions in Korea and Vietnam. He also served in World War II.
