These pathfinders became part of the Air Force once it became a separate service. Later renamed combat control teams, they were brought into service for the Korean War and have served in Vietnam ...

But now, speaking myself as a proud U.S. Air Force veteran, it’s now time to confer recognition upon my own service branch’s bad*** SpecOps warriors: United States Air Force (USAF) Combat Cont ...

Sound crazy? It’s just another day at the office for a U.S. Air Force combat controller. Related: This Combat Controller Has Become One of the Most Decorated Airmen Ever » According to the U.S ...

Future Air Force Combat Controllers may soon be skipping a major portion of their traditional training pipeline, forgoing the chance to earn a combat diver “scuba bubble.” Air Force Special ...

A typical Forward Air Controller (FAC ... A total of 178 U.S. Air Force (USAF) O-2s were lost in the Vietnam War, from all causes; however, the O-2 remained in service with the USAF into the ...

Retired Lt. Colonel Jack Kelley served in the Air Force for 28 years and flew in 160 combat missions when he fought in Vietnam. He was shot down twice and the person who rescued him the second ...

For U.S. Air Force combat cameramen who served in Vietnam, memories of the war never fade; they are frozen in the thousands of images the photographers captured there. Their assignment was ...

But by 1966, the Air Force was sending pilots home after either 100 missions over North Vietnam or one year of combat over South. While this rotation was valuable to combat burnout and maintain ...