Airman First Class Albert Moore became the last B-52 gunner to down an enemy aircraft with rear guns in any American war.

nicknamed “Wizzo” or “GIB [Guy In Back”]) in the U.S. Air Force. So then, America’s Vietnam ace roster consists of one USAF pilot, one USN pilot (“Naval Aviator,” to use their ...

That’s because the Pentagon needed a plane that could fly low and hover for protracted periods over a battlefield—a niche that jets couldn’t fill. In other words, the A-1 was America’s original Close ...