Kraines enlisted in the United States Air Force in March 2011 and immediately entered the two-year PJ training pipleliine, the Air Force said. Upon completion of the program, Kraines was assigned ...

On Thursday, his son flew his father home By James Clark Posted on Aug 8, 2019 More than five decades ago, the son of Air Force Col ... pilot shot down over Vietnam in 1967.

As historian Earl H. Tilford Jr. in his 1991 book Setup, the Linebacker strikes “would halt the invasion and so devastate North Vietnam’s military capabilities that Hanoi would be compelled to ...

Lt. Col. Donald W. Downing disappeared during a nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of ...

and the distinct maroon beret was authorized by HQ USAF in 1966. The PJs went on to serve with distinction in a host of far-flung conflicts of the Cold War, from the Korean War to the Vietnam War ...

Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane disappeared.

Added to this experience was a joint warfare course and dedicated FAC training in Australia or with the USAF in South Vietnam … They generally flew a 2.5 to 3 hour mission each day, seven days a ...

Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing over the skies of Vietnam nearly 60 years ago ...