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Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Iain Hannam, pilot, 409th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, performs a preflight walk around of a CF-18 Hornet jet during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, June 03, 2014. Maple Flag is an international exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of C-130 aircrews, maintainers and support specialists in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith/Released)
This lady fighter pilot is known as Major Nah Jinping and her callsign is Flame as she is from 149 Squadron, Shikira as she pilot and flew on the Boeing F-15SG Strike Eagle
Catalog #: 02-M-00265
Last Name: McColpin
First Name: Carroll
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
U.S. Air National Guard Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, along with retired unit pilots, "Silver Foxes," family and friends upheld a fighter pilot tradition called the "nickel on the grass," August 8, 2020, to remember Maj. Richard 'Guns' Garin, a pilot with the 157th Fighter Squadron. This tradition is held in the highest regard and servces a a final salute to a fallen aviator. Garin passed away on July 28 after a valiant struggle with a sudden, severe medical complication. Garin enlisted in the SCANG in 2002 as a life support technician while attending the University of South Carolina. After graduating in 2006, he was competitively selected for an F-16 fighter pilot position. A veteran of multiple combat tours to the Middle East, Garin dedicated his life to the service of others. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Mackenzie Bacalzo, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
U.S. Air National Guard Airmen from the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, along with retired unit pilots, "Silver Foxes," family and friends upheld a fighter pilot tradition called the "nickel on the grass," August 8, 2020, to remember Maj. Richard 'Guns' Garin, a pilot with the 157th Fighter Squadron. This tradition is held in the highest regard and servces a a final salute to a fallen aviator. Garin passed away on July 28 after a valiant struggle with a sudden, severe medical complication. Garin enlisted in the SCANG in 2002 as a life support technician while attending the University of South Carolina. After graduating in 2006, he was competitively selected for an F-16 fighter pilot position. A veteran of multiple combat tours to the Middle East, Garin dedicated his life to the service of others. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Mackenzie Bacalzo, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Iain Hannam, pilot, 409th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, performs an engine start up sequence on a CF-18 Hornet jet during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, June 03, 2014. Maple Flag is an international exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of C-130 aircrews, maintainers and support specialists in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith/Released)
BG Larson meets Lt Col Andrews at the jet following the launch of an AGM-88 HARM in support of Operation Southern Watch.
(The late) Commander Homer B. Davis, United States Navy, was a decorated fighter pilot who served with distinction during WWII and Korea; aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV- 19) in World War II, and the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) during the Korean War. He earned 14 medals, which included the Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross (twice).
Aircraft information ℹ️
Air Force ℹ️
( Portugal Air Force )
Aircraft type ️
( @embraer KC-390 )
Aircraft age ℹ️
( 2.3 years old )
Aircraft reg ℹ
( 26901 )
Camara
( @canonuk 2000D )
Lens
( 150-600mm )
Date 📆
( 19th November 2024 )
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A Marine flyer since 1935, Colonel Gregory “Pappy” Boyington was encouraged to resign his commission to fly with the Flying Tigers in China. There he got credit for six Japanese planes. But when he applied for reinstatement in the Marine Corps, he found himself disgraced for “having left the Corps in time of national emergency.” For nearly three months he parked cars in a Seattle garage until, in desperation, he telegraphed an Under Secretary of the Navy. In a few days he was on the way to the South Pacific where he was given a squadron of misfits. These pilots, unwanted by other outfits, and led by the oldest active Marine fighter pilot, made one of the great records of the war. The heart of this book is the colorful story of Boyington’s Black Sheep Squadron.
“Pappy” Boyington was a wild, hard drinking, professional Marine flyer who was one of the most unconventional heroes of World War II. As wild and independent as he was, he was a competent leader of men and had no desire to change his ways. He had never let anyone kick him around, and he saw no reason why he should let the Japanese do so in the air or after he was taken prisoner.
Winner of a Congressional Medal of Honor and a Navy Cross for his achievements while leading the Black Sheep Squadron, “Pappy” Boyington had twenty months as a prisoner of the Japanese in which to gain emotional maturity and sobriety. He freely admitted that during the nearly two years he spent as a P.O.W. his health improved due to the enforced sobriety. He retired from the Marine Corps on August 1, 1947.
Many people know of Pappy Boyington from the mid-1970s television show Baa Baa Black Sheep, a drama about the Black Sheep squadron based very loosely on Boyington's memoir, with Boyington portrayed by Robert Conrad. Many of Boyington's men were irate over this show, charging it was mostly fiction and presented a glamorized portrayal of Boyington. Boyington himself often told interviewers and audiences that the television series was fiction and only loosely related to actual history. Here is a 1970’s interview with Boyington and the actor who portrayed him on television, Robert Conrad.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God
Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Iain Hannam, pilot, 409th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, performs an engine start up sequence on a CF-18 Hornet jet during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, June 03, 2014. Maple Flag is an international exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of C-130 aircrews, maintainers and support specialists in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith/Released)
Brazilian Airforce Female Pilot Paula Seguins
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Story from The Hook Summer 1989 issue by Maj Al Grasselli who served with Capt Agan and was awarded a second Distinguished Flying Cross Oct 2001 for his efforts in trying to save Capt Agan. Thank You Major Grasselli for your service and efforts. Bruce Agan & Family
Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Iain Hannam, pilot, 409th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, performs an engine start up sequence on a CF-18 Hornet jet during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, June 03, 2014. Maple Flag is an international exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of C-130 aircrews, maintainers and support specialists in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith/Released)