On Dec. 17, 1995, exactly 90 years to the day after the flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, Loh, as commander of the ...

A U.S. Air Force Combat Control trainee assigned to Operating Location C, 342nd Training Squadron, takes a breath while swimming several laps during the warm-up phase of an early morning water ...

In recent days, I have written articles for The National Interest on several of the U.S. Armed Forces’ Special Operations ...

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 mission consisted of establishing visual and radio contact with ground forces engaged with the enemy.

Retired Lt. Colonel Jack Kelley was a pilot in Vietnam serving in the Air Force. He flew and flew 160 combat missions. 100 over north Vietnam, and 60 over Southeast Asia.

But after one of his squadron mates, Airman First Class Darryl G. Winters, was shot down in July 1966, becoming the first Air Force combat cameraman killed in action in Vietnam, Engle was soon ...

The U.S. Air Force lost 40 percent of its entire fleet of F-105 Thunderchiefs over Vietnam. Additionally, a bit more than 12 percent (about one out of every eight) of F-4s built for all services ...

Air Force Combat Controllers trace their roots back to the Army Pathfinders of World War II; the CCT’s present-day motto, “First There,” pays homage to these roots.