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SOFREP on MSNNational Geographic’s Top Guns: The Next Generation – Inside America’s Elite Fighter Pilot Training
The Next Generation takes you inside Navy fighter pilot training, where every flight could make or break a career.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNLast Known Surviving American Ace Pilot From World War II Dies at 103
Donald McPherson shot down five planes in the Pacific theater in the final years of the war, earning him the title of "ace" ...
Edwin Cottrell was an American fighter pilot in World War II, flying in the 48th Fighter Group, 493rd Fighter Squadron. Cottrell flew 65 missions including during the Battle of the Bulge.
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We Are The Mighty on MSNDonald McPherson, America’s last World War II fighter ace, dies at 103
Donald McPherson earned his wings in August of 1944, plenty of time to become an ace. He would be America's last ace of World ...
A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be America’s last surviving “ace” pilot because he shot down five enemy ...
Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single day, leading a storied Air Force career before leaving active duty in 1950.
A 100-year-old WWII veteran took flight in a P-51 Mustang over California, returning to the same aircraft he flew in combat missions seven decades ago.
SOUTHBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A 101-year-old Southbury man recounted his remarkable story as a World War II Fighter pilot Saturday morning in Oxford. It’s been over 80 years since Joel Abramson s… ...
Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Joe Peterburs, who enlisted in 1942 at the age of 18, took to the air in a P-51 Mustang, the legendary fighter aircraft in which he flew 49 combat missions during World ...
As a naval aviator in World War II, Donald McPherson got five aerial kills. Then he spent decades in a life of service.
America’s last surviving World War II ace pilot died Aug. 14 at his Nebraska home, the Beatrice Daily Sun reported.
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FLYING Magazine on MSNLast American World War II Fighter Ace Dies at 103
Donald McPherson, a Nebraska native and decorated Navy fighter ace, was one of only 11 aces from the VF-83 squadron.
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