Shepperd served in the U.S. Air Force for almost 40 years and flew 247 fighter combat missions in Vietnam.
Don Shepperd was in the U.S. Air Force for almost 40 years and flew 247 fighter combat missions in Vietnam.
It's a new radar setup that turns the helicopter into an all-seeing eye, capable of surveying the 360-degree space around it in order to direct fighter planes in combat.
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At the same time, we accelerated or increased weapons programs needed to confront real and growing threats -- the Joint Strike Fighter, the Littoral Combat Ship, and more helicopters and reconnaissance support for our troops at the front.
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The J-11B is expected to be used by the Chinese navy as its frontline fighter, capable of sustained combat over the entire East China Sea and South China Sea.
Still, Fallon brings to the table a great deal of combat experience: A trained fighter pilot, he served in Vietnam and in the 1990 Gulf War.
They are not, in other words, to be confused with Executive Outcomes, a defunct South African firm that could provide anyone who was rich enough to pay with machinegunners and fighter-pilots who had plenty of combat experience.
Aerospace contractor Northrop Grumman is developing an unmanned combat jet the size of a fighter plane.
The White House expects a major battle with lawmakers from both parties over Defense Secretary Robert Gates's effort to overhaul defense-procurement policies and cut short production on the F-22 advanced fighter jet and the Army's Future Combat System.
The aircraft maintains the air-to-air combat ability of the main F-15 fighter as the pilot can detect and fire at other aircraft.
Fighter and bomber crews would be unable to maintain full combat readiness.
So he curbed or cancelled more than 30 weapons systems including the army's Future Combat System, the F-22 Stealth fighter, two missile defence systems and the Zumwalt-class destroyer.
China has built more than 500 fourth-generation combat aircraft and is moving its fifth-generation fighter into testing.
However, it decided to acquire 12 new Growlers instead to avoid taking any of the existing Super Hornets out of action, and "to assure Australia's air combat capability during the transition period to the Joint Strike Fighter".
During World War II, America's P51 Mustang fighter, a single-engine prop plane, creamed the first fleet of German combat jets, the Messerschmitt 262.
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