Aviation News
Its sunset for the F-4 Phantom II in active duty U.S. Air Force inventory as a retirement ceremony cum final flight will be held at Holloman Air Force Base on Dec. 21. Hit the link below if you’d like to attend the ceremony.
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Israeli Air Force ace Ran Peker, who shot down seven enemy aircraft, has passed away on Dec. 3. Peker flew the Spitfire, Mirage III and F-4 during his long career with IAF.
A MiG-17 that was rusting out at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona has been saved by the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and is now on display.
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One of the two Nationalist pilots who were shot down while flying the Lockheed U-2 spy plane over China has passed away.
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