Shot Down Six Enemy Airplanes During Battle Of Guadalcanal
The retired Marine Corps brigadier general believed to be the oldest surviving fighter ace from WWII has Gone West. Gen. Frederick R. "Fritz" Payne, who was credited with 5 1/2 kills during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign during WWII, died at his home in Rancho Mirage, CA at the age of 104.
System Will Allow JSF To Maintain Stealth Characteristics While Training
A contract to produce and enhance the Air Combat Training System (ACTS) in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has been awarded to Cubic Global Defense by F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
Turkey Announced Last Week It Would Participate In The Operation
The U.S. and Turkey are finalizing details of Turkey’s recently announced participation in the air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria, a U.S. Central Command spokesman said in Washington, D.C. Aug. 14.
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