Air Force (Page 6)

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This is the Air Force vet who forced KSM to reveal his darkest secrets

By Harold C. Hutchison

Meet the F-16 pilots who turned their wartime experiences into hilarious songs

By Harold C. Hutchison

This pilot in his pajamas shot down an enemy fighter at Pearl Harbor

By Blake Stilwell

America’s first jet fighter was made by a company known for helicopters today

By Harold C. Hutchison

The first Hurricane Hunters flew through storms on a dare

The insane reason this Pearl Harbor defender didn’t get the Medal of Honor

By Blake Stilwell

One pilot, two world wars, and the killing of King Kong

Remembering the Thunderchiefs of the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

Why the Air Force’s policy on nose art is actually pointless

By Eric Milzarski

The insane USAF flying saucer-shaped missile

By Blake Stilwell

Get a look at the Air Force’s new PT uniforms

By Blake Stilwell

What the F-22 will do in a war with China

By Blake Stilwell

That time an F-22 pilot told the Iranian Air Force to go home

By Blake Stilwell

What it’s like to be strapped into the U-2 Dragon Lady

This is why NORAD began keeping an eye out for Santa Claus

By Eric Milzarski

The man who saved North Carolina from nukes speaks out

The 48th Fighter Wing gave 3 F-15s badass D-Day commemorative schemes

The ‘most hated person in the Air Force’ just died

By Blake Stilwell

Air Force Thunderbirds will buzz Hollywood for ‘Captain Marvel’ premiere

By Shannon Corbeil

Kill and Survive: A stealth pilot’s guide to excellence

The only time a US blimp was ever lost in World War II combat

By Blake Stilwell

The crazy way British pilots took out incoming V-1 missiles

How a daredevil pilot escaped Germany and invented air warfare

One of Vietnam’s ‘Boat People’ is now an Air Force officer

By Blake Stilwell

The US kamikaze plan to end the Nazi nuclear program

By Blake Stilwell

This is the hot-rod F-15 the Air Force used to set 8 world records

F-22 engines can be repaired with six tools found in any hardware store

By Blake Stilwell

The hilarious real reason why the F-22 can’t be hacked

By Blake Stilwell

This B-17 survived one of the most infamous mid-air collisions of WW2

By Shannon Corbeil

This airman gave his life to rescue soldiers from a massive firefight

6 Air Force pararescuemen who risked it all ‘that others may live’

How an Air Force veteran started the Make-A-Wish Foundation

By Tessa Robinson

WATCH: NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace skydived into the Daytona 500 with the Air Force

Breaking: Air Force veteran and host of Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton, dead at 93

By Tessa Robinson

She was one of the first female generals, but her legacy is in telling other women’s stories

By Amanda Huffman

Celebrate Air Force veteran Chuck Norris’ 80th birthday with these 20 unbeatable facts

7 crazy facts to honor the AC-130U

By Zackry Colston

Chuck Yeager is an air combat ace, daredevil pilot, and hilarious on Twitter

4 things you should know about the Tuskegee Airmen

A 101-year-old WWII vet commissioned his grandson at the Air Force Academy

By Blake Stilwell

These are the Air Force’s 10 most expensive planes to operate

By Blake Stilwell

This Tuskegee Airmen instructor became the first African American airline pilot

By Miguel Ortiz

Lee Greenwood and the USAF Band singing ‘God Bless the U.S.A.’ will give you chills

By Tessa Robinson

5 awesome perks of an Air Force Afghanistan deployment

By Jacqlyn Cope

Ready for a new tattoo? The Air Force now has its own tattoo shop

By Jessica Evans

Air Force Academy and the experiment of enlisted faculty

By Jessica Evans

That time the RAF bombed a POW camp with an artificial leg

That time the Goodyear blimb hunted Nazi subs

What happened when a wannabe pilot was denied entry in the Air Force

By Blake Stilwell

The Aardvark was a nuclear-capable supersonic beast

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why airmen call Chief Master Sergeant Wright ‘Enlisted Jesus’

The Air Force just switched to the Army OCP uniform

By Harold C. Hutchison

This WWII ace scored kills from every Axis country – and the US

By Blake Stilwell

This Air Force pilot and his brother love adrenaline

By Shannon Corbeil

The first female F-35 pilot proves flying is a gender equalizer

By Jacqlyn Cope

Blinded by flak shrapnel, this airman helped save his B-17 crew

This pilot landed her shot-up A-10 by pulling cables

By Forest Corbeil

This is what different berets mean in the Army and Air Force

The original stealth fighter absolutely destroyed in Desert Storm

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why the F-86 was so deadly over Korea

By Harold C. Hutchison

5 reasons the OCP is superior to the ABU

The Super Bowl is getting the most awesome Air Force flyover ever

By Harold C. Hutchison

5 of the best moves from Air Force Combatives

See how Air Force PJs keep their skills sharp

By Harold C. Hutchison