On Thursday, his son flew his father home By James Clark Posted on Aug 8, 2019 7:28 PM EDT More than five decades ago, the son of Air Force ... an American pilot shot down over Vietnam in 1967.

1st Marine Air Wing in the winter of 1972 while piloting an A-6A Intruder along with his co-pilot during a nighttime combat mission over the northern part of Vietnam when he suddenly stopped all ...

Albert “Al” Mathews Nixon, a decorated Vietnam veteran ... in the Red River Valley Fighter Pilot’s Association. Twice, in 1970 and 1972, the Air Force awarded him the Distinguished Flying ...

A young Boston-based pilot, Nancy Harkness Love, was the second driving force behind ... Colonel Robert Olds who was setting up a Ferrying Command within the Army Air Forces.

The U.S. Air Force recently wrapped up its first William ... Bong Fighter Integration Trophy, and 158th FW Brigadier General Robin Olds Top F-35 Wing Award. Lt. Gen. Russ Mack, Air Combat Command ...

He entered World War II as part of the 357th Fighter Group, the first unit in the U.S. Eighth Air Force ... Gen. Robin Olds, ...

The overall shortage of U.S. Air Force pilots could mean that recent T-38 pilot-training graduates could find themselves assigned to noncombat roles, such as instructor pilots or flying transports ...

The Trump administration is giving the Air Force the option to return through voluntary programs as many as 1,000 retired pilots to active-duty service. Through a recently signed executive order ...

Between 2003 and 2018, Vietnam’s military expenditure increased ... “first of all for navy, air defense, air force, security forces and intelligence.” Between 2011 and 2015, Hanoi added ...

The Air Force unveiled what it called in the memo a "significant but necessary policy change" in which all career options will be open to graduates of T-38 training, not just fighter and bomber roles ...