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con ict zones, its crews are regularly in harm’s way, often ying in extremely adverse conditions considered more hazardous th ...
Each new pilot then attends a final short training class for their coast guard-specific aircraft before joining the fleet as a f ...
this region on top of the typical maritime tra c. There has been a signi cant rise in narcotics seizures by the coast guard in ...
I T WAS A typically dreary and cold Monday morning on a seven-day nuclear alert tour at Loring AFB, Maine, in 1977. The Strategi ...
their lives since the mission pilot, dressed in a cumbersome full pressure suit, could not pre- ight his aircraft and depended ...
spacers under the seat cushion. I thought how archaic it must have been ying early ghters. When I was nally seated in the ...
on the runway. I came away with a new respect for what lay ahead. At the squadron once more, ‘PF’ gave me my ‘brie ng’ on what ...
A U-2R fl ies the closed pattern at Beale. Ted Carlson/ Fotodynamics chief. We were followed out the runway by the standard arra ...
‘PF’ took the controls, obtained a climb- out clearance to 10,000ft and taxied awlessly onto the runway centerline. As he comp ...
through the turn and arriving on nal at 250ft. From there the 10kt was bled down so as to arrive over the ‘T’ on speed. Then w ...
Above left: Local fl ights at lower altitudes are conducted with the pilots wearing standard fl ight gear. Gert Kromhout Above: ...
and thermals died down he ew one no- ap landing and talked me through my rst attempt to a full stop. I then zigzagged back ...
Right top to bottom: A technician from the 9th Physiological Support Squadron (PSPTS) escorts a pilot in a full-pressure suit to ...
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An F-4G of the 563rd TFS on the packed flightline at George AFB in This aircraft carries a covered AGM-78 training round on the ...
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Over 132 high-quality pages, RAF100 describes the aircraft, exercises, operations and people, and its pioneering work at the cut ...
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