by Lee Cloer | Jun 17, 2019 | General Interest
First introduced in 1962, the F-5A/B Tiger II was a popular aircraft for the South Vietnamese Air Force pilots during the Vietnam War. It was a fast and nimble daytime air-to-air fighter aircraft. This supersonic lightweight fighter was also cheaper to purchase and...
by Lee Cloer | Jun 13, 2019 | General Interest
A flight of two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, piloted by then 1st Lieutenant Rob “Sweetness” Sweet and his flight commander, Captain Stephen R. Phillis, crossed the northern border of Kuwait headed farther into Iraq than any A-10 had gone before. Both men were graduates of...
by Lee Cloer | Jun 12, 2019 | General Interest, News
New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) is in need of replacing their five aging C-130H Hercules aircraft. This week, they chose the C-130J Super Hercules to be the replacement. New Zealand’s Defense Minister signed off on the $1 billion New Zealand dollars ($659.5 U.S....
by Lee Cloer | Jun 5, 2019 | General Interest
On this day, 75 years ago, 2,876,000 men were preparing their minds and souls for the journey they were about to begin. It was June 5, 1944, in southern England, and this was the original target date of Operation Overlord, the Allied Invasion of Normandy. Bad weather...
by Lee Cloer | May 24, 2019 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video
During the Korean War, there were battles named for their locations, like Osan, Inchon, Kapyong, and Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir. United Nations (UN) forces fought beside Republic of Korea troops to push the North Korean Army back into North Korea and stop communism...
