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Heritage Flight
By Jeff Rhodes
Photos By John Rossino
It was a most unusual formation. A World War II-era P-51 was flying slightly nose low to maintain as much speed as possible, its Merlin engine humming at very high rpm, the sun glinting off the MustangÕs metal skin. Tight on its right wing was an F-22 Raptor in low-visibility gray coatings, at wings level, with its Pratt & Whitney F119 turbofan engines set at cruise. The scene was literally a moving picture of sixty years of US Air Force history.
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Red Flag Aardvarks
By Andy Wolfe
The F-111 Aardvark returned to us skies earlier this year. No, the US Air Force did not bring the long-range strike aircraft out of retirement. Rather, the Royal Australian Air Force deployed six of its still-kickinÕ F-111Cs to Nellis AFB, Nevada, for a Red Flag exercise.
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The Hogs Of War
A-10 Warthog Upgrades
By Jeff Rhodes
Photos by Guy Aceto
Every day when I wake up, I know exactly how many days are left before we go into theater. Standing up a new system is a challenge, but facing a near-term deployment is a huge weight. We are going to be on the world stage. We have to be at our best.
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