The service moved up its retirement of its final 162 close attack fighters by two years in a new budget request. The Air Force also asked for far fewer F-35s. Matt White Jun 27, 2025 6:54 PM EDT ...

Exactly two weeks later, I was down to 235 pounds. So, in November 1971, I boarded an airplane for the first flight of my life, en route to San Antonio, Texas, for Air Force basic training.

The Italian Air Force celebrated the phase out of the T-339A jet trainer and the phase in of its successor, the T-345A. The Italian Air Force said goodbye to its long-standing Aermacchi MB-339A ...