Category: Air Force
T-6 flagship of 39th FTS painted in WW2 P-51 colors
The 39th Flying Training Squadron’s T-6 flagship was recently repainted to match the scheme of the P-51 Mustang flown during WW2 by Capt. Leroy Grosshuesch.
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F-5E crashes in Taiwan, pilot ejects over water
A RoCAF F-5E crashed off Taitung, Taiwan at 07:29 this morning, two minutes after take off.
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Former F/A-18 driver is first USAF F-35A pilot to clock 1,000 hours on the stealth fighter
Lt. Col. Jared Santos became the first U.S. Air Force pilot to reach 1,000 flying hours in the F-35A on Oct. 22.
Force pilot to reach 1,000 flying hours in the F-35A Lightning II after a training sortie at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Oct. 22, 2020. Santos, a former F-15 and F-18 pilot, began flying the F-35 at Eglin AFB, and has been assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing for two years. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)
Greece reportedly will take delivery of six F-35As meant for Turkey
New reports from Greece say that the United States has agreed to sell 20 F-35A fighters to Greece, six of them will be jets that were originally ordered by Turkey but not delivered.
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