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Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne
The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne, also known as the AH-56A Cheyenne, was a prototype high-speed attack helicopter developed for the United States Army, canceled in 1972 before production.
Lydia Litvyak
Lydia Litvyak, also known as Lilya Litvyak, was a Soviet fighter pilot of World War II and the first woman to shoot down an enemy aircraft.
Manfred von Richthofen
Manfred von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot and World War I's leading ace with 80 credited victories, killed in 1918.
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet
The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet, designated CF-188, is the Royal Canadian Air Force's multi-role fighter, a Canadian variant of the American F/A-18 Hornet that entered service in 1982.
Military Freefall Parachutist Badge
The Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, also known as the HALO Badge, is a US Army and Air Force skill badge for military free fall parachuting, first approved in 1994.
Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田美津雄)
Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田美津雄, 1902–1976) was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service who led the first wave of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, signaling "Tora, Tora, Tora".
Muhammad Mahmood Alam (محمد محمود عالم)
Muhammad Mahmood Alam, known as M. M. Alam, was a Pakistani fighter pilot credited by the Pakistan Air Force with nine kills, including five Hunters in under a minute, during the 1965 war.
Naval flight officer
A naval flight officer (NFO) is a US Navy or Marine Corps officer who performs navigation, radar interception, and weapons-system duties in naval aircraft without flying the aircraft.
Nigerian Defence Academy
The Nigerian Defence Academy, formerly the Nigerian Military Training College, is the Kaduna institution that trains officer cadets of the Nigerian Armed Forces and has awarded degrees since 1985.
Night Witches
The Night Witches, or Nachthexen, were the German nickname for the all-female Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment, which flew harassment bombing missions on the Eastern Front from 1942.
No Kum-sok
No Kum-sok (卢今锡), later Kenneth H. Rowe, was a North Korean Air Force pilot who defected in September 1953 by flying his MiG-15 jet to South Korea.
No. 1 Squadron (South African Air Force)
No. 1 Squadron was the senior fighter squadron of the South African Air Force, serving as a front-line unit from 1920 until its disbandment in 1997.
No. 1 Squadron RAAF
No. 1 Squadron RAAF, formed as No. 1 Squadron AFC in 1916, is the Royal Australian Air Force's oldest squadron, now flying F/A-18F Super Hornets from Amberley.
No. 303 Squadron RAF
No. 303 Squadron RAF, the Polish Kosciuszko Squadron, was an RAF fighter squadron formed at Northolt in August 1940, the top-scoring Fighter Command unit of the Battle of Britain.
No. 617 Squadron RAF
No. 617 Squadron RAF, the "Dambusters", is a Royal Air Force squadron formed in 1943 to attack the Ruhr dams, and now flies the F-35B from RAF Marham.
No. 9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)
No. 9 Squadron, nicknamed the Griffins, is the senior-most fighter squadron of the Pakistan Air Force, raised in 1943 and now flying F-16s from Sargodha.
Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
The Pakistan Army Aviation Corps (PAA) is the air arm of the Pakistan Army, headquartered in Rawalpindi, operating attack and transport helicopters since independence in 1947.
Pappy Boyington
Pappy Boyington, born Gregory Boyington, was a US Marine Corps fighter pilot and the highest-scoring Marine ace of World War II, with 28 Japanese aircraft credited.
Parachutist Badge (United States)
The Parachutist Badge, commonly called jump wings, is the United States Army's oldest special skill badge, awarded for parachute qualification, designed by William P. Yarborough and approved in 1941.
Peter Townsend (RAF officer)
Peter Wooldridge Townsend was a Royal Air Force officer and Battle of Britain pilot who commanded No. 85 Squadron and later became known for his romance with Princess Margaret.
Polish, Czechoslovak and Romanian aviation regiments in the Cold War
The Polish, Czechoslovak and Romanian aviation regiments in the Cold War were national-manned Warsaw Pact tactical air formations, built on Soviet patterns and dissolved between 1989 and 1995.
Quentin Roosevelt II
Quentin Roosevelt II (1918–1948) was an American Army officer, aviation executive, and collector of Naxi manuscripts, a grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt and son of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
RAF officer ranks
The RAF officer ranks are the Royal Air Force's eleven commissioned ranks, from Pilot Officer up to Marshal of the Royal Air Force, introduced on 4 August 1919.
RAF Valley
RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on Anglesey, Wales, home of No 4 Flying Training School, which trains the UK's fast jet pilots.
Rashid Minhas
Rashid Minhas, known as Rashid Minhas Shaheed, was a Pakistan Air Force pilot officer honored posthumously with the Nishan-e-Haider for crashing his hijacked jet in 1971.
Red Arrows
The Red Arrows, officially the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, are the RAF's aerobatic display team, flying red, white and blue Hawk T1 jets since 1965.
Richard Bong
Richard Ira Bong, known as Dick Bong, was an American fighter ace who shot down 40 enemy planes in the Pacific during World War II, more than any other American pilot.
Richard Halsey Best
Richard Halsey Best was a US Navy dive-bomber pilot who hit the Japanese carriers Akagi and Hiryu in one day at the Battle of Midway.
Robert Ritter von Greim
Robert Ritter von Greim, born Robert Greim, was a German officer and World War I fighter ace with 28 victories who became the Luftwaffe's last commander-in-chief in 1945.
Robert Rosenthal (USAAF officer)
Robert Rosenthal was an American B-17 pilot who flew 52 combat missions with the Eighth Air Force in World War II, surviving two shoot-downs, and later joined the Nuremberg prosecutions.