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Military Aviators

Pilots of military aircraft
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To boost launch, crews loaded B-47s with jet-assisted takeoff bottles.

A Full Retaliatory Response

When President John Kennedy contemplated nuclear war, what went through the minds of the U.S. bomber crews?
November 2005 | By Thomas Jones

All hail the Raptor: The first new Air Force fighter in 30 years debuted at Nellis Air Force Base to rave reviews.

The Raptor Arrives

Debriefing the pilots who got the first crack at the F-22.
November 2005 | By Carl Hoffman

Jugs in fearsome formation.

Cold Front

Meet the men who kept the Thunderbolts flying.
July 2005 | By Thomas D. Jones and Robert F. Dorr

I Got Shot Down

Seven airmen talk about the event none wants to experience.
May 2004 | By Phil Scott

Instructor Herbert Cain introduces his French students to their new trainer.

French Lessons

With their own country occupied by Germany, French air cadets came to Alabama to learn to fly. Vive la Dixie!
March 2004 | By Janelle Dupont

CH-46Es glow in a view through night-vision goggles aboard the flight deck of the USS Saipan.

Through Darkest Iraq with Gun and Cobra

A month of war through the night-vision goggles of a Marine AH-1W SuperCobra pilot.
January 2004 | By Story and photographs by James Cox

Expert Witness

The EWO and the MIRV: Cold war talk for an RC-135 crew's lucky day.
November 2003 | By Robert L. Brown

Partners: Cessna O-1 Bird Dogs used smoke rockets to mark targets for the two-seat North American T-28s.

Vang's War

How the fighting in Southeast Asia transformed a curious young man into a fiercely dedicated pilot.
September 2003 | By Roger Warner

CorsairFest

There's a lot more to the F4U than its past association with black sheep.
January 2003 | By Larry Lowe

Above & Beyond: Nights Over North Vietnam

A former South Vietnamese Air Force commander shares his military experiences in a new book.
September 2002 | By Nguyen Cao Ky

My First Time

Aerospace celebrities talk about the flights that changed their lives.
July 2002 | By Phil Scott

Arthur Tomassetti is go for Mission X in the X-35B.

Above & Beyond: Mission X

May 2002 | By Major Arthur Tomassetti

Moments & Milestones: Low and Dark

March 2002 | By Stuart Nixon

Air Combat U

At the USAF Fighter Weapons School in 1957, the instructors were mean, but the aircraft were meaner.
January 2002 | By Robert A. Hanson

The Avengers

They torpedoed enemy ships during World War II. Now they fight fire.
November 2001 | By Marshall Lumsden

In the Museum: Smokers Welcome

November 2001 | By Diane Tedeschi

Above & Beyond: Relief Flight

November 2001 | By Tom Pinardo, as told to Vincent Czaplyski

The Reunion

A fighter pilot, his escort, and one hell of a coincidence.
September 2001 | By John Fleischman

Above & Beyond: "Cleared in Hot"

September 2001 | By Russell Gregory

The ultimate in point jets, the Starfighter is not for the faint of heart, be it pilot or audience.

The Fastest Show on Earth

How two Lockheed F-104 Starfighters became airshow stars.
May 2001 | By Carl Hoffman


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