Company pilot James N. Peyton makes the first flight of the Beech Model 18A, the progenitor of the AT-7 Navigator navigation trainer, the AT-11 Kansas bombardier trainer, the C-45 Expeditor utility transport that would be in service until 1963, and F-2, the Army Air Forces’ first specialized mapping and photo reconnaissance aircraft.
At AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, CAE takes Air & Space Forces Magazine behind the scenes of Valiant Shield 26, a Pacific exercise in June and July of 2026 focused on integrated air and missile defense and the defense...
